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Q.i.d. (on prescription)
Seen on a prescription, q.i.d. (or qid) means 4 times a day (from the Latin quater in die). The abbreviation 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 of…
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