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🌍 Syrian or Syria 📜 Syriac language 💊 A liquid medicine
Syr.

Syr.

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A short form on prescriptions showing the medicine is a syrup
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : jarabe
  • Please take one teaspoon of Syr. twice a day after meals.

Examples

  • On the label, Syr. means the medicine should be in syrup form.

  • The doctor prescribed Syr. for my cough.

  • The doctor wrote Syr. on the prescription to indicate a liquid medicine.

  • I need to add Syr. to the prescription.

  • The doctor wrote Syr. on the prescription to indicate the sweet liquid medicine to be taken.

  • Please take one teaspoon of Syr. daily to help with your throat irritation.

  • On the label, Syr. indicates that the medication is a flavored syrup to improve taste.

Synonyms

syrup
vsSyr.
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Thick sweet liquid used to make food or drink taste better

is the shortened written form used mainly on prescriptions and medicine labels

Surface Forms

Syr. singular

Etymology

The word Syr. is used on medicine labels as a short form of syrup, a sweet liquid medicine. Because syrup comes from Arabic 'sharab' meaning 'drink', Syr. on a prescription tells the pharmacist to make the medicine as a 'syrup'.