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As the saying goes, medicine is three parts poison, and we generally read the instructions carefully before taking the medicine. If you pay attention, you'll find that a lot of pillboxes have an OTC logo on them. What does this mean exactly?
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Over the counter over-the-counter
otc：over the counterOver-the-counter drug.
Actually, the full expression of OTC is over the counter, which is available over the counter and does not need to be prescribed by a doctor, which is the over-the-counter medicine that we always have at home.
recently many people h**e got a cold, so i want to buy some otc drugs in the drugstore.A lot of people have been catching colds lately, so I want to go to the pharmacy and buy some over-the-counter medicines.
Let me give you a little bit of popular science.
OTC logos come in two different colors, some red and some green.
OTC" non-prescription drugs with a red background can only be retailed in social pharmacies and pharmacies of medical institutions with a "Drug Business License" and equipped with licensed pharmacists or pharmacists or pharmacy professionals above the pharmacist.
OTC" labelled over-the-counter drugs with a green background can be retailed at approved general commercial enterprises, in addition to pharmacies and pharmacies of medical institutions. These over-the-counter drugs are safer and have fewer adverse reactions, so the retail scope is wider.
How do you say prescription medicine in English?
rxPrescription drug.
The label for over-the-counter drugs is OTC, and in fact, prescription drugs also have an identity, which is rx
rx ** is a Latin word for recipe, which means please take ......Come. After the doctor prescribes the medicine, he usually instructs the pharmacist to take the medicine to the patient as prescribed, so RX is a prescription drug.
prescription [prɪˈskrɪpʃn]
n.Prescription; Prescription; Medicines prescribed by doctors.
prescribe [prɪˈskraɪb]
v.prescribing medications; Prescribed.
Prescription drug.
prescription drugs/prescription medicine
Folk remedies
folk prescription
Prescription is a prescription prescribed by a doctor, and both drug and medicine are medicines, so prescription drugs are prescription drugs or prescription medicine
sleeping pills and antibiotics are both prescription drugs.Sleeping pills and antibiotics are both prescription medications.
What does quartz mean on the watch?
Modern people basically have a mobile phone in their hands, and the mobile phone can display the time, but the watch has not been completely eliminated. Many people feel that watches represent a person's taste, and wearing watches is the embodiment of life attitude.
Students who like to wear watches must master these English on their watches.
Quartz [KW RTS] quartz.
Quartz means quartz, and if the word is on the table, it means that it is a quartz watch.
automatic [ t m t k ] automatic.
Automatic means automatic, and if the word is printed on the watch, it means that it is an automatic watch.
swiss made in Switzerland.
Swiss Made indicates that this watch was made in Switzerland.
Water Resistant waterproof watch.
Shock Resistant Shockproof Watch.
Divers Watch.
These three watches in English indicate different functions, Water Resistant is a waterproof watch, and Shock Resistant means that this watch can be shockproof.
i bought a quartz watch three months ago,but it is ten minutes fast now.I bought a quartz watch three months ago, but it's now going ten minutes faster.
What is LG on the elevator?
In addition to numbers, foreigners also like to use letters to indicate elevator floors. When we go to the mall, we must have seen the LG sign at the elevator entrance, but what does that mean?
LG+ numbers
LG: Lower Ground.
LG1 B1 B1 Floor.
LG stands for Lower Ground, and the floor that is lower than the ground is of course the basement. LG1 is the minus 1st floor, and LG2 is the minus 2nd floor.
ug: upper ground 2nd floor
UG is the abbreviation of upper ground, the ground is generally the first floor, and the floor that is higher than the first floor is naturally the second floor.
m: mezzanine interlayer; Thirteen floors
M stands for mezzanine, which means both a mezzanine and thirteen layers. In the West, 13 is a very unlucky number, and the thirteenth floor in elevators is often represented by m.
B+ Numbers
B1 B1 B1 Ground Floor.
B2 B2 B2
B can also indicate the floor with a number after it, and B refers to the basement, which also means basement, so B1 is also a minus one floor.
P+ digits
P is the abbreviation of park, park has the meaning of parking, and the parking lot is generally in the basement, so the number followed by p refers to the underground parking lot.
P1 Basement 1 car park.
P2 Basement 2 Car Park.
a：otc
b：rx
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