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b.i.d., bid, BID twice a day / twice daily bis in die gtt., gtts drop(s) gutta(e) h., h hour: hora: qhs, h.s., hs at bedtime or half strength quaque hora somni ii two tablets duos doses iii three tablets trēs doses n.p.o., npo, NPO nothing by mouth / not by oral administration: nil per os o.d., od, OD right eye. once a day (United Kingdom ...
twice daily bib. bibe: drink bis bis: twice b.i.d., b.d. bis in die: twice daily AMA style avoids use of this abbreviation (spell out "twice a day") bis ind. bis indies: twice a day bis in 7 d. bis in septem diebus: twice a week BM bowel movement: commonly used in the United Kingdom when discussing blood sugar.
QD - once a day / Latin: quaque die: Existing under avoid list BID - twice a day / Latin: bis in die: Existing TID - three times a day / Latin: ter in die: Existing QID - four times a day / Latin: quater in die: Existing 6WK - six times a week 5WK - five times a week 4WK - four times a week 3WK - three times a week 2WK - twice a week
This formula appears in the 1668 Latin revised edition of Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, book 2, chapter 26, p. 133. audacia pro muro et scuto opus: boldness is our wall, action is our shield: Cornelis Jol, [14] in a bid to rally his rebellious captains to fight and conquer the Spanish treasure fleet in 1638. audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret
A more literal translation of the Latin is "before a thing is born", which is an instruction to act pro-actively, e.g., "before that happens, do this". A PRN medication delivery is therefore properly done when a physician judges that it should be done, in order to prevent a specified problem from occurring.
Pro re nata is a Latin phrase meaning "in the circumstances" or "as the circumstance arises" (literally "for the thing born"). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In medical terminology , it is often abbreviated PRN or P.R.N. and refers to the administration of prescribed medication as the situation calls for it.
This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [1] This list covers the letter B.
Bid, in a financial market, the price a market maker will buy a commodity at to buy a product in such a way; see bid–ask spread; Bid manager, an executive sales role within an organization, responsible for managing bids; Bid price, a price offered for a good by a potential buyer or a price offered by a potential vendor to perform a specific job