The thing that makes the thalamus quite special is that itâs a relatively small, very concentrated area deep inside the brain, and a small change in the location of the stroke can produce a substantial change in how the stroke affects the survivor, Dr. Schmahmann said.
Ibid. (Latin, short for ibidem, meaning the same place) is the term used to provide an endnote or footnote citation or reference for a source that was cited in the preceding endnote or footnote. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibid.
The abbreviation qid or q.i.d. is also sometimes written without a period in capital letters as QID. However it is written, it is one of a number of hallowed abbreviations of Latin terms that have been traditionally used in prescriptions to specify the frequency with which medicines should be taken. Other examples include: 1  q.d. ( 2 qd or QD) is once a day; q.d. 3  stands for quaque die (which means, in Latin, once a day). 4  b.i.d. ( 5 or bid or BID) is two times a day; b.i.d. 6  stands for bis in die (in Latin, 2 times a day). 7  t.i.d.