| qns | quantity not sufficient |
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| Qo | oxygen consumption |
| Qo | flow at origin |
| QO2 | oxygen quotient; oxygen utilization |
| qod | every other day [Lat. quaque altera die] |
| qoh | every other hour [Lat. quaque altera hora] |
| QOL | quality of life |
| QOLI | quality of life index |
| QOLI-P | quality of life index-Padilla |
| qon | every other night [Lat. quaque altera nocte] |
| QUIS | quisqualic |
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| QUS | Quantitative Ultrasound |
| QVA/QT | Venous admixture |
| Qw | Quiet waking |
| QW | quiet wakefulness |
| QWB | Quality of Well Being |
| QWB | Quality of Well-Being Scale |
quinizarin
| quadroon | The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. Alternative forms: quarteron, quarteroon, and quateron. Origin: F. Quarteron, or Sp. Cuarteron. See Quarter a fourth part, and cf. Quarteron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| quadroxide | <chemistry> A tetroxide. Origin: Quadri- + oxide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quadrumana | <zoology> A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone. Origin: NL. See Quadrumane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quadrumane | <zoology> One of the Quadrumana. Origin: L. Quattuor four + manus a hand: cf. F. Quadrumane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quadrumanous | <zoology> Having four hands; of or pertaining to the Quadrumana. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quadruped | <zoology> An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; often restricted to the mammals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quadrupedal | <zoology> Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quadruple amputation | Amputation of both arms and both legs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quadruple rhythm | A quadruple cadence to the heart sounds due to the easy audibility of both third and fourth heart sounds, indicative of serious myocardial disease. Synonym: trainwheel rhythm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quadruplet | One of four children born at one birth. Synonym: quadrigeminus. Origin: L. Quadruplus, four fold (05 Mar 2000) |
| quadruplex | Fourfold; folded or doubled twice. <physics> Quadruplex system, a system by which four messages, two in each direction, may be sent simultaneously over the wire. Origin: L, from quattuor four + plicare to fold. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quadruplicate | 1. Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion. 2. <mathematics> Raised to the fourth power. Origin: L. Quadruplicatus, p. P. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quagga | <zoology> A South African wild ass (Equus, or Hippotigris, quagga). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body. Origin: Hottentot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quahaug | <zoology> An American market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also round clam, and hard clam. The name is also applied to other allied species, as Venus Mortoni of the Gulf of Mexico. Origin: Abbrev. Fr. Narragansett Indian poquauhock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quail | Small galliform bird. Quail embryos are often use in developmental studies because quail cells can be distinguished from chicken cells, yet the two are sufficiently closely related that it is possible to graft embryonic tissue from one to the other. (18 Nov 1997) |
Synonyms : Alphapharm Brand of Quinine Sulfate, Aventis Brand of Quinine Bisulfate, Biquinate, Fawns & McAllan Brand of Quinine Bisulfate, Fawns & McAllan Brand of Quinine Sulfate, Foy Brand of Quinine Sulfate, Hoechst Brand of Quinine Sulfate, Legatrim, Myoquin, Quinamm
Synonyms :
Synonyms : Quinolinic Acid, Copper(2+) Salt, Quinolinic Acid, Disodium Salt, Quinolinic Acid, Strontium Salt
Synonyms : Acids, Quinolinic
Synonyms : Compounds, Quinolinium
| quadrangle |
In architecture a quadrangle, or more colloquially, quad, is a space on a college or university campus usually but not always enclosed on four sides by buildings. Quadrangles are descended from the cloister gardens of medieval monasteries, which were usually square or rectangular gardens or lawns enclosed by open arcades. ...
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| quantile |
Quantiles are essentially points taken at regular vertical intervals from the cumulative distribution function of a random variable. Dividing ordered data into q essentially equal-sized data subsets is the motivation for q-quantiles; the quantiles are the data values marking the boundaries between consecutive subsets. ...
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| quartz |
Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. It has a hexagonal crystal structure made of trigonal crystallized silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2), with a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale. Density is 2.6 g/cm³. The typical shape is a six-sided prism that ends in six-sided pyramids, although these are often distorted, or so massive that only part of the shape is apparent from a mined specimen. ...
출처: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz
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| qi |
QI, standing for Quite Interesting, is a comedy panel game shown on BBC Two and BBC Four and hosted by Stephen Fry. It is distinguished by the awarding of points not necessarily for the correct answer, but rather for an interesting one, and the deduction of large numbers of points for an obvious but wrong answer; this often results in a negative points score at the end of the game. Many of the questions and answers are extremely obscure. ...
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| qi |
Qi (齊; pinyin: qi2) was a relatively powerful state during the Spring and Autumn Period and Period of the Warring States. Its capital was at Linzi, which is today incorporated into the city of Zibo, Shandong. Ruled by the Jiang family for hundreds of years, the Jiang were violently replaced by the Tian family in 384 BC. The ability of Qi to defeat its larger enemies, usually Chu and Qin, made it a force to be reckoned with. ...
출처: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_(state)
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| q | small gallinaceous game birds |
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| q | (game bird) flesh of quail |
| q | draw back, as with fear or pain |
| q | anticipate with dread or anxiety |
| q | spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico |
| q | spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico |
| q | strange in an interesting or pleasing way |
| q | very strange or unusual |
| q | attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic) |
| q | in a quaint old-fashioned manner |
| q | in a strange but not unpleasant manner |
| q | strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned |