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nil by mouth

nil by mouth phrase: synonym of nil per os (“nothing may be eaten or drunk”).

Phrase

nil by mouth

  1. Synonym of nil per os (“nothing may be eaten or drunk”).
    • Synopsis of After-treatment in all Cases of Perforated Peptic Ulcer.—After recovery from the post-operative shock, raise gradually into high Fowler's position. 1st 24 Hours.—Nil by mouth. Saline with glucose continuously.1936, Henry [Hamilton] Bailey, Emergency Surgery, John Wright, page 109
    • With total paralysis, the following regime is needed; intravenous nutrition (nil by mouth), eye toilets and protection, attention to pressure areas.1976, Carl Edmonds, Christopher Lowry, John Pennefather, Diving and Subaquatic Medicine, Diving Medical Centre, →ISBN, page 263
    Synonyms:
    nil per os, NBM

Synonyms of nil by mouth

Questions about nil by mouth

What does nil by mouth mean?
Nil by mouth means synonym of nil per os (“nothing may be eaten or drunk”).
What part of speech is nil by mouth?
Nil by mouth is a phrase.

Words near nil by mouth in the dictionary

  1. nikuman
  2. Nikumaroro
  3. Nikumbha
  4. Nikšić
  5. nil
  6. nil by mouth
  7. nil desperandum
  8. nil disease
  9. nil per os
  10. nil-
  11. Nila

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