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Quaque die (on prescription)
Seen on a prescription, qd (or, written with periods, q.d.) means one a day (from the Latin quaque die). The abbreviation is sometimes written without a period in capital letters as 'QD'. However it is written, it is one of a number of…
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- Cancer, bile duct An uncommon type of cancer that arises from the bile duct, the tube that connects the liver and the…
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