The physician wants the patient to take a medication four times each day.The abbreviation on the prescription to indicate that the medication should be taken four times each day is

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"q.i.d." is an abbreviation for "quater in die," which means "four times a day" in Latin. The other options are:

A) b.i.d. - means "twice a day"
C) t.i.d. - means "three times a day"
D) p.r.n. - means "as needed"
E) p.o. - means "by mouth"

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