Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

BID

English answer:

twice a day

Added to glossary by Tatjana Aleksic, MA (X)
Mar 11, 2002 00:06
22 yrs ago
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English term

BID

English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals
Explanation of the dosage of a drug for Parkinson's disease.

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twice a day

From Latin: bis in die.

HTH
Andrea
Peer comment(s):

agree Vladimir Dubisskiy
5 mins
agree Parrot
7 mins
agree Barbara Szelest-VanDussen
2 hrs
agree Yuri Geifman : abbreviations used hy doctors when prescribing meds - BID twice daily, TID - 3 times
5 hrs
agree Timur Nakashidze
6 hrs
agree John Kinory (X) : I do wish askers set the language combination correctly, especially site members.
7 hrs
John, English monolingual is the right combination. If you find this in an English text, and you don't know what it is, how would you know it's Latin?
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