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Nothing by mouth: Nothing may be eaten or drunk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: NPO, nil by mouth
Antonyms: per os, PO
History
From Latin nīl (“nothing”) + per (“by means of”) + ōs (“mouth”), literally “nothing by mouth”.
