Talk:List of medical abbreviations: Q

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I came to this page to find out what q2wk means. What does it mean? One day every 2 weeks? One day twice per week? Don8000 (talk) 01:45, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

• It means "once every 2 weeks". The "q" part means "each"/"every", and it works with any measure of time. Therefore the following:
  • qd = each day = once per day
  • q6h = every 6 hours = once every 6 hours
  • q12h = every 12 hours = once every 12 hours
  • qwk = every week = once per week
  • q2wk = every 2 weeks = once every 2 weeks

• But the "q" in "qid" means "4", thus "4 times per day" (quater in die).

• Quercus solaris (talk) 02:45, 15 June 2016 (UTC)