BID

English translation: twice a day

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English term or phrase:BID
Selected answer:twice a day
Entered by: Tatjana Aleksic, MA (X)

00:06 Mar 11, 2002
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / Pharmaceuticals
English term or phrase: BID
Explanation of the dosage of a drug for Parkinson's disease.
Tatjana Aleksic, MA (X)
twice a day
Explanation:
From Latin: bis in die.

HTH
Andrea
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Andrea Bullrich
Local time: 04:03
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Andrea Bullrich


  

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twice a day


Explanation:
From Latin: bis in die.

HTH
Andrea


    Reference: http://www.acronymfinder.com
Andrea Bullrich
Local time: 04:03
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vladimir Dubisskiy
5 mins

agree  Parrot
7 mins

agree  Barbara Szelest-VanDussen
2 hrs

agree  Yuri Geifman: abbreviations used hy doctors when prescribing meds - BID twice daily, TID - 3 times
5 hrs

agree  Timur Nakashidze
6 hrs

agree  John Kinory (X): I do wish askers set the language combination correctly, especially site members.
7 hrs
  -> John, English monolingual is the right combination. If you find this in an English text, and you don't know what it is, how would you know it's Latin?
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