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Quater in die (on prescription)
Seen on a prescription, qid (or q.i.d.) means 4 times a day (from the Latin quater in die). The abbreviation qid or q.i.d. is also sometimes written without a period in capital letters as 'QID'. However it is written, it is one of a number…
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