tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 29 13:44:46 1999
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Re: Possible pun: {bID}
d'Armond Speers wrote:
> I have a friend who's a scientist at the NIH, who focuses on alcohol
> withdrawal treatment. I was recently reviewing some case descriptions he's
> written, and I came across the following notation: n mg of <medication> po
> BID. I asked what "po BID" means, and he says "BID means twice a day (bis
> in die)" (Latin). "bis" means "twice", but "BID" means "twice a day," in
> other words, every half-day.
>
> It's a stretch, sure, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
>
> --Holtej 'utlh
I saw the same thing a few months ago. Too bad TID (3xdaily) and QID (4xdaily)
don't do the same "thing" then we would know it was intentional.
pIl'o'