Marie Curie is remembered for her discovery of radium and polonium, and her huge contribution to the fight against cancer. Born Maria Sklodowska on 7 November 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, she was the youngest of five children of poor school teachers.
Medical Definition of b.i.d. (on prescription) b.i.d. (on prescription): Seen on a prescription, b.i.d. means twice (two times) a day. It is an abbreviation for bis in die which in Latin means twice a day. The abbreviation b.i.d. is sometimes written without a period either in lower-case letters as bid or in capital letters as BID.
prescription (prÄskripÂ´shÉn) , n a written direction for the preparation and use of medicine or an appliance; a medical recipe; a prescribed remedy. Also used in dentistry to describe the treatment plan.prescription, extemporaneous, n 1. (magistral prescription) a prescription for a nonofficial drug.n 2. a prescription that directs the pharmacist to compound the specified medication, as contrasted with a prescription that specifies medication available in precompounded form. prescription, magistral, n See prescription, extemporaneous. 1. (magistral prescription) a prescription for a nonofficial drug. n 2. a prescription that directs the pharmacist to compound the specified medication, as contrasted with a prescription that specifies medication available in precompounded form.