ung

Medical abbreviation · Pharmacy

ung stands for Unguentum (ointment), a pharmacy abbreviation.

Latin pharmacy abbreviation for ointment, still seen on older prescriptions, compounding records and some European labels. Ointments are greasy, semisolid preparations, usually based on petrolatum, that sit on the skin and hold in moisture.

Example: Rx: hydrocortisone 1% in ung. emulsificans aquosum 100 g.

Usage notes

From Latin "unguentum", source of the English "unguent". Modern US prescriptions usually write "oint" instead. Many official pharmacopoeial bases still carry the Latin name, such as Unguentum Emulsificans (emulsifying ointment) in the British Pharmacopoeia.

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