医嘱

醫囑

yīzhǔ

noun #22,502

Meanings

患者应遵医嘱按时服药。

Huànzhě yīng zūn yīzhǔ ànshí fúyào.

Patients should follow the doctor's orders and take medicine on time.

出院时，护士详细说明了医嘱。

Chūyuàn shí, hùshi xiángxì shuōmíng le yīzhǔ.

When leaving the hospital, the nurse explained the doctor's instructions in detail.

他没有遵守医嘱，病情反复了。

Tā méiyǒu zūnshǒu yīzhǔ, bìngqíng fǎnfù le.

He didn't follow the doctor's orders, and his condition relapsed.

usage

The standard phrase is 遵医嘱 (zūn yīzhǔ) meaning 'to follow the doctor's orders'. You'll see this on medicine packaging and discharge paperwork.

医 yī

嘱 zhǔ