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.
Dosage Form. A dosage form is the physical form in which a drug is produced and dispensed, such as a tablet, a capsule, or an injectable. Drug. A drug is defined as: 1  A substance recognized by an official pharmacopoeia or formulary.2  A substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.3  A substance (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body.DA defines OTC drugs as safe and effective for use by the general public without a doctor's prescription. Patient Package Insert (PPI). A patient package insert contains information for patients' understanding of how to safely use a drug product.