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maurice | 15:50 Sat 16th Nov 2013 | Phrases & Sayings
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Is this a stanard medical phrase (for eating & drinking nothing before a surgical operation)? I'm not familiar with it, and as far as I can see it is hardly findable in dictionaries or even Google!
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Nil By Mouth is usually written above the bed of a patient due to have an operation.
15:52 Sat 16th Nov 2013
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That's interesting, PP --- I didn't know that!

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