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QID

QID adverb: four times a day. Also the initialism of Q-identifier.

Adverb

QID (not comparable)

  1. Four times a day.
    • Dilatation of this type “irons out the folds” of the urethra, giving better drainage of the paraurethral glands, stimulating circulation and promoting rapid healing, especially when small doses (7½ gr. q.i.d.) of one of the triple-sulfonamides are given as an adjunct.1951 January, Gordon W. Reynolds, “The Female Urethra and Chronic Urethritis”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 1, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 34

Also used as

QID is also the initialism of Q-identifier.

QID is also the initialism of quasi-identifier.

QID is also the initialism of Qualys identifier.

QID is also the initialism of Queen's Indian Defence.

Forms of QID

Adverb
alternative formq.i.d.
Noun
pluralQIDs

Origin of QID

Abbreviation of Latin quater / quattuor in diē.

The Wikidata Q prefix is from Uzbek Qamarniso.

Abbreviation

Questions about QID

What does QID mean?
QID means four times a day.
What part of speech is QID?
QID is an adverb.

Words near QID in the dictionary

  1. qiblas
  2. qibli
  3. QIC
  4. Qichun
  5. QICs
  6. QID
  7. qiddush
  8. Qidong
  9. QIDs
  10. Qidu
  11. Qiemo

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