IV
The origin and history of IV.
Etymology
An initialism of intravenous. The unrelated numeral sense comes from the Roman system, where I before V means one less than five.
The origin and history of IV.
An initialism of intravenous. The unrelated numeral sense comes from the Roman system, where I before V means one less than five.
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