The medical Latin abbreviation used to be b.i.d., but medical Latin abbreviations are being deprecated right and left nowadays and I believe the AMA currently recommends the "abbreviation" "two times a day".
BID
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It is bis die (BD), a latin term meaning twice per day. It means you take the medication twice a day.Twice a day (also abbreviated: b.i.d.)
For medications, bid: Take twice a day PRN: as needed So this would mean to take the medication twice a day, as needed.
500 milligrams of some medication to be taken twice a day.
QIDq.d.s. Stands for Quater Die SumendusQID stands for four times each day. It is recommended to use "four times a day" instead as the abbreviation is easily mistaken for QD (once a day) and or QOD (every other day).qidQID, which stands for the Latin phrase quater in die.QID
Medication orders: Take 2 times a day, with meals (literally: bis in die, with cibo - twice in day, with food)
Medication orders: Take 2 times a day, with meals (literally: bis in die, with cibo - twice in day, with food)
Twicw a dah
twice a week
twice a week
Usually "per day" is abbreviated as "i.d", which comes from the Latin "in die". If you want to say twice per day, you would abbreviate it as b.i.d. (the b is for bi).