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simple, dr. stands 4 'debtor' simple, dr. stands 4 'debtor' The abbreviation dr. comes from the latin form of the word debit, which is debere. + 16 others found this useful.
(on prescription): Seen on a prescription, q.d. (or qd) means one a day (from the Latin quaque die). The abbreviation is sometimes written without a period in capital letters as QD. 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  b.i.d. (bid or BID) is twice a day; b.i.d.. stands for bis in die (which means, in Latin, twice a day).  t.i.d. (or tid or TID) is three times a day ; t.i.d. stands for ter in die (in Latin, 3 times a day).