What is the medical abbreviation meaning twice a day? The medical abbreviation for twice a day is B.I.D., referring to bis in die, which is the Latin version of this term. It is sometimes written without the punctuation. qid
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (formerly called NIDDM, type II or adultonset) is characterised by variable insulin resistance in peripheral tissue and insulin deficiency due to an insulin secretory defect of the beta cell.
Type 2 diabetes formerly called as adult-onset diabetes (because previously most of the cases were adults. Now, type 2 diabetes is increasingly being diagnosed among children and adolescents), non insulin-dependent diabetes or NIDDM (do not need insulin for treatment), insulin resistance (body resistance to insulin).