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Does anyone know what the latin is for the abbreviation u.i.d. I know it means once daily but cannot work out what the term relates to (I have found s.i.d = semel in die)
Does anyone know what the latin is for the abbreviation u.i.d. I know it means once daily but cannot work out what the term relates to (I have found s.i.d = semel in die)
Thanks
Might mean use as before...
U - untendus - to be used
id - idem - the same.
47 BC : Julius Cesar : Veni Vidi Vici : I came, I saw I conquered.
2018 AD : Modern Man : I shopped, I clicked, I collected.
How times change.
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i still don't understand why do people actually use latin...it just adds to more confusion..or is it something traditional and show that you can use special terminology????
Last edited by Robusty; 1, November 2006, 11:25 PM.
i still don't understand why do people actually use latin...it just adds to more confusion..or is it something traditional and show that you can use special terminology????
This was all part of the mystique of medicine when the pt was not supposed to know anything about what he was being given.
Mist ADT (Any damn thing)
and Pil Panus (Bread pills) were placebos as were coloured aspirin tabs.
We had a pt on Mist Gent Alk ( Gentian and bicarbonate) where the dose was a tablespoonful. She was told by the Dr to only take a teaspoonful as was a 'concentrated' mixture. In the sixties several of the pts were put on Librium or Valium. They are still with us as the 'worried well', but now tend to be on Fluoxetine.
johnep
I've always thought it was to stop bin men etc becoming Dr's.....
Why is this called what it's called????
cardiac sphincter - the valve between the distal end of the esophagus and the stomach; the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction
I've never understood this one! Everyone assumes it's in your heart.
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I've always thought it was to stop bin men etc becoming Dr's.....
Why is this called what it's called????
cardiac sphincter - the valve between the distal end of the esophagus and the stomach; the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction
I've never understood this one! Everyone assumes it's in your heart.
Its confusing.
The main problem is that the terminology we now use is built on all the previous terminology. The earlier you go the less idea of fine structure and function.
We now like to abbreviate everything as well - which is confusing and dangerous.
47 BC : Julius Cesar : Veni Vidi Vici : I came, I saw I conquered.
2018 AD : Modern Man : I shopped, I clicked, I collected.
How times change.
If you find you have read something that has upset or offended you an anyway please unread it at once.
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