What does the medical abbreviation NPO mean?

Answer 1

NPO stands for Nothing Per Orem which means nothing by mouth. Doctors use this on orders when they do not want the patient to take in any type of food or liquid by mouth. For instance, when a patient is getting ready for a surgery, they are ordered for NPO.

Answer 2

NPO is a Latin abbreviation: Non per os (OR) nil per os: Nothing by mouth.

Nil per os (alternatively nihil/non/nulla per os) (NPO) is a medical instruction meaning to withhold oral food and fluids from a patient for various reasons. It is a Latin phrase which translates as "nothing through the mouth". In the United Kingdom it is translated as nil by mouth (NBM).
Nil per os (alternatively nihil/non/nulla per os) (NPO) is a medical instruction meaning to withhold oral food and fluids from a patient for various reasons. It is a Latin phrase which translates as "nothing through the mouth". In the United Kingdom it is translated as nil by mouth (NBM).
Nothing By Mouth

Answer 3

nothing per oral (nothing to eat or drink by mouth)

Answer 4

Medically NPO stands for Non Per OS or Nothing Per Orem. It means nothing by mouth. A patient is ordered this for various reasons.

Answer 5

Npo stand for,'nothing by mouth'

Answer 6

Nothing by mouth