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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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- Phenocopy 1. An environmental condition that imitates (copies) one produced by a gene. 2.The person who has an…
- Postpartum psychosis A very serious mental illness that can affect a new mother. The episode of psychosis usually begins within 1…
- Heart-hand syndrome See: Holt-Oram syndrome
- Iressa Brand name for gefitinib, a drug that attaches to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on the surfaces…
- Purpura, Schonlein-Henoch See: Schönlein-Henoch purpura
- Mutant An individual with a mutant (changed) gene.
- Dilation The process of enlargement, stretching, or expansion. The word 'dilatation' means the same thing. Both come…
- Syndrome, superior vena cava The symptoms that result from compression of the large vein that carries blood down to the heart. The…
- Charcot-Wilbrand syndrome Loss of dreaming after a stroke. In more technical terms the syndrome is characterized by visual agnosia and…
- Voiding cystourethrogram A test done to examine the bladder and urethra while the bladder fills and empties. A radiopaque liquid (that…
- Polycentric Having two or more centers. Polycentric disease is usually referred to as multicentric disease. See also…