Medical terms - Letter Q
59 terms start with the letter Q.
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Quincke's disease
This is angioneurotic edema (or angioedema), a form of localized swelling of the deeper layers of the skin and fatty tissues beneath the skin. Hereditary angioneurotic edema (or hereditary angioedema) is a genetic form…
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Quinine
The original antimalarial agent, quinine took its name from the Peruvian Indian word 'kina' meaning 'bark of the tree' referring to the cinchona tree. From this tree, quinine was first obtained. The Peruvian Indians…
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Quinquagenarian
Someone in his or her fifties. See also: Age by decade
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Quinsy
Not a TV detective but an old word for a peritonsillar abscess. Whether you call it quinsy or a peritonsillar abscess, it is a collection of pus (an abscess) behind the tonsils that pushes one of the tonsils toward the…
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Quintan fever
Fever: Quintan means recurring every 5 days, the characteristic duration of trench fever. Quintan or trench fever is a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I, when it is…
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Quintox
Trade name of the insecticide dieldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
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Quotidian
Recurring each day, as in a fever that returns every day. From the Latin 'quotidianus' meaning 'daily.' (In French, the noun 'quotidien' is a daily newspaper)
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Quotient
The result of mathematical division. The I.Q. (Intelligence Quotient) is arrived at by dividing the person's mental age (as determined on the Binet test) by the person's chronologic age and multiplying by 100. So if a…
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Q_h (on prescription)
If a medicine is to be taken every so- many hours, it is written 'q_h'; the 'q' standing for the Latin word for once 'quaque' and the 'h' indicating the number of hours. So, for example, '2 caps q4h' means 'Take 2…