Although some medical abbreviations have Latin roots, others don’t. For example, the abbreviation PO means by mouth. It’s short for the Latin phrase per os, which translates to via the mouth.

The Latin American market grew rapidly until 2011, when it reached US$11,136 million, equal to US$22 per person. This equated to average annual growth of 15.2% during the 2008-11 period.

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About 31% of the world's Covid-19 deaths in May have been in Latin America and the Caribbean, though it's home to just 8.4% of the global population.