b.i.d. (on a prescription) indicates that a medication should be taken twice daily. This abbreviation stems from the Latin phrase "bis in die," which translates to "twice a day." Sometimes, b.i.d. is written without periods, appearing as either "bid" or "BID." Regardless of its form, it is part of a traditional set of Latin abbreviations used in prescriptions to denote how frequently medications should be administered.Other examples include:- q.d. (or qd or QD), meaning once daily, comes from "quaque die," which means "once a day" in Latin.- t.i.d. (or tid or TID) signifies taking medication three times a day, derived from "ter in die," meaning "three times a day."- q.i.d. (or qid or QID) indicates taking a dose four times daily, originating from "quater in die," which translates to "four times a day."When a prescription specifies taking a medication every certain number of hours, it uses "q_h," where "q" stands for "quaque," and "h" indicates the number of hours. For instance, "2 caps q4h" instructs the patient to take two capsules every four hours.
