Put another way, suppose you have trouble seeing objects at a distance and you can only see out to 20 ft what a person with normal vision can see out to 200 feet, then you have 20/200 vision. The 6/6 terminology is more commonly used in Europe and Australia, and represents the distance in metres.
1 SID, also s.i.d., is a veterinary abbreviation meaning to give medication once a day. 2  Medical professionals for humans instead use the term qd (an abbreviation for quaque die). 3  However, that term can be easily mistaken with the term qid (an abbreviation for quarter in die), which means four times a day.
ASK your doctor or pharmacist at what time to take it Twice a day2 times a day Take the medicine 2 times each day. Example: 7 AM and 7 PM Three times a day3 times a day Take the medicine 3 times each day. Example: 8 AM, 1 PM, and 6 PM Every four hoursEvery 4 hours Take the medicine every 4 hours.