haust.

American

abbreviation

(in prescriptions) draught.

Etymology

Origin of haust.

< Latin haustus. See haustellum

Example Sentences

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L. in haust. juscul. sine sale parati omni nocte.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William

Down therefore to him, and Fiat, sum., haust. ad lib.

From The Wine-ghosts of Bremen by Hauff, Wilhelm

Ammon. bromid., gr. xv.Sp. ammon. aromat., m. xx.Infus. quassia, ad ℥j M. Ft. haust. ter die, sumendus.

From A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy by Bennett, Alexander Hughes

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