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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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- Infarct An area of tissue death due to a local lack of oxygen. For example, in a myocardial infarction there is death…
- Flatfoot 1. A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened and the entire sole touches the ground. See…
- Ulceration The process or fact of being eroded away, as by an ulcer
- Pathologic fracture A bone broken, not by trauma alone, but so weakened by disease as to break with abnormal ease. Pathologic…
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- Pia mater One of the meninges, the pia mater is the delicate innermost membrane enveloping the brain and spinal cord…
- Melanoma, benign A tumor of the melanocytes that is not cancerous
- Melan- (prefix) Prefix meaning dark or black. It comes from the Greek 'melas', black. Examples of terms containing melan-…
- Cyt- Prefix used in place of cyto- before a vowel. See: Cyto-