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nil per os

phrase

Etymology

From Latin nīl (“nothing”) + per (“by means of”) + ōs (“mouth”), literally “nothing by mouth”.

  1. borrowed from nīl — “nothing”

Definitions

  1. Nothing by mouth

    Nothing by mouth: Nothing may be eaten or drunk.

    • Table 34.3: Nil per os odds ratio

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nil per os. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA