| quantitative | Denoting or expressible as quantity, relating to the proportionate quantities or to the amount of the constituents of a compound. Origin: L. Quantitativus (18 Nov 1997) |
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| quantitative alteration | In electric irritability, a gradual loss of contractility in a muscle in response to static, faradic, and galvanic currents successively. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quantitative analysis | Determination of the amount, as well as the nature, of each of the elements composing a substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quantitative genetics | The formal study of measurable genetic traits, traditionally but not necessarily confined to galtonian genetics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quantitative hypertrophy | <pathology> The abnormal multiplication or increase in the number of normal cells in normal arrangement in a tissue. Compare: hypertrophy. Origin: Gr. Plasis = formation (18 Nov 1997) |
| quantitative perimetry | A plotting of the visual field in isopters of equal retinal sensitivity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quantitative trait | A characteristic showing quantitative inheritance such as skin pigmentation in man. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pain measurement | Scales, questionnaires, tests, and other methods used to assess pain severity and duration in patients or experimental animals to aid in diagnosis, therapy, and physiological studies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| measurement | Determination of a dimension or quantity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| speech production measurement | Measurement of parameters of the speech product such as vocal tone, loudness, pitch, voice quality, articulation, resonance, phonation, phonetic structure and prosody. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nasion-pogonion measurement | A measurement of the bony profile of the face. Synonym: nasion-pogonion measurement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| educational measurement | The assessing of academic or educational achievement. It includes all aspects of testing and test construction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| end-point measurement | Analytical measurement at the end of a chemical reaction, as opposed to making the measurement while the reaction proceeds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tree measurement sale | A type of timber sale contract in which the buyer and seller argree upon the volume at the time of the sale. (05 Dec 1998) |
| kinetic measurement | Continuous or frequent monitoring of the readings in a chemical reaction to determine its rate. (05 Mar 2000) |