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T.i.d. (on prescription)
Seen on a prescription, t.i.d. means three times a day. It is an abbreviation for 'ter in die' which in Latin means three times a day. The abbreviation t.i.d. is sometimes written without a period either in lower-case letters as 'tid' or…
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- Synchronic study A study done at a single point in time rather than over the course of a period of time (longitudinally)
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- Single base change A change in which a single base in the DNA differs from the usual base at that position. These single base…