| quartzous | <chemical> Quarzose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| quartzy | <chemical> Quartzose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quasi- | <prefix> Prefix meaning seemingly. (12 Dec 1998) |
| quasidiploid | Seems to have the usual two full sets of 23 chromosomes and so to have a normal chromosome complement, but on closer examination, this is not so. Many malignant cells are quasidiploid. Also called pseudodiploid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| quasidominance | Simulation by a recessive trait of the pedigree of dominant inheritance (i.e., recurrence in several generations) by repeated, and often occult, consanguineous matings. Synonym: false dominance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quasidominant | Pattern of inheritance that seems due to a dominant trait but, in fact, is due to the mating of a person who has a recessive disorder (with 2 copies of a gene causing the disease) with someone who is an asymtomatic carrier ( and has 1 copy of the same gene buut no symptoms). (12 Dec 1998) |
| quasilinear theory | <physics> A weakly nonlinear theory of plasma oscillations which uses perturbation theory and the random phase approximation to find the time-evolution of the plasma state. (09 Oct 1997) |
| quasimodo | The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday. Origin: So called from the first words of the Latin introit, quasi modo geniti infantes as newborn babes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quasineutral plasma | <physics> An ionised gas in which positive and negative charges are present in approximately equal numbers. (09 Oct 1997) |
| quasje | <zoology> The brown coati. See Coati. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quassation | The breaking up of crude drug materials, such as bark and woody stems, into small pieces to facilitate extraction and other treatment. Origin: L. Quassatio, fr. Quasso, pp. -atus, to shake violently, fr. Quatio, to shake (05 Mar 2000) |
| quassia | The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeae, as Quassia amara, Picraena excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer. Origin: NL. From the name of a negro, Quassy, or Quash, who prescribed this article as a specific. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quassin | <chemistry> The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; formerly called quassite. Alternative forms: quassiin, and quassine. Origin: Cf. F. Quassine. See Quassia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quata | <zoology> The coaita. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quater in die | See: q.i.d. Origin: L. Four times a day (05 Mar 2000) |