| Queckenstedt | Hans, German physician, 1876-1918. See: Queckenstedt-Stookey test. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Queckenstedt-Stookey test | Compression of the jugular vein in a healthy person causes an increase in the pressure of the spinal fluid in the lumbar region within 10 to 12 seconds, and an equally rapid fall to normal on release of the pressure on the vein; when there is a block of subarachnoid channels, compression of the vein causes little or no increase of pressure in the cerebrospinal fluid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| queen | 1. The wife of a king. 2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots. "In faith, and by the heaven's quene." (Chaucer) 3. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc. " This queen of cities." " Albion, queen of isles." 4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites. 5. The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen. 6. A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades. Queen apple. [Cf. OE. Quyne aple quince apple] A kind of apple; a queening. "Queen apples and red cherries." . Queen bee, a very large West Indian cameo conch (Cassis cameo). It is much used for making cameos. Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king. Queen dowager, the widow of a king. Queen gold, formerly a revenue of the queen consort of England, arising from gifts, fines, etc. Queen mother, a queen dowager who is also mother of the reigning king or queen. Queen of May. See May queen, under May. <botany> Queen of the meadow, a heavy yellow powder consisting of a basic mercuric sulphate; formerly called turpetum minerale, or Turbith's mineral. Origin: OE. Quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. Cwen wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. Quan wife, woman, Icel. Kvan wife, queen, Goth. Qens. See Quean. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| queenfish | <zoology> A California sciaenoid food fish (Seriphys politus). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Synonym: kingfish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| queening | <botany> Any one of several kinds of apples, as summer queening, scarlet queening, and early queening. An apple called the queening was cultivated in England two hundred years ago. See: Queen apple. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| queensland | A state in northeastern Australia. Its capital is brisbane. Its coast was first visited by captain cook in 1770 and its first settlement (penal) was located on moreton bay in 1824. The name cooksland was first proposed but honor to queen victoria prevailed. (12 Dec 1998) |
| queensland nut | <botany> The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia). It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland in Australia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| queensland tick typhus | One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to rocky mountain spotted fever, but less severe, with fever, a small ulcer (eschar) at the site of the tick bite, swollen glands nearby (satellite lymphadenopathy), and a red raised (maculopapular) rash. (12 Dec 1998) |
| queest | <zoology> The European ringdove (Columba palumbus); the cushat. Alternative forms: quist, queeze, quice, queece] See Ringdove. Origin: Cf. Icel. Kvisa a kind of bird, kvistr a branch of a tree, and E. Cushat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quellung phenomenon | Increase in opacity and visibility of the capsule of capsulated organisms exposed to specific agglutinating anticapsular antibodies. Synonym: Neufeld reaction, quellung phenomenon, quellung reaction, quellung test. Scrotal swelling, the swelling formed after the embryonic genital swellings have fused together, become spherical, and migrated caudally to the base of the penis; just before birth the testis comes to lie within it. Spielmeyer's acute swelling, a form of degeneration of nerve cells in which the cell body and its processes swell and stain palely and diffusely. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Quellung reaction | Swelling of the capsule surrounding a bacterium as a result of interaction with anticapsular antibody, consequently the capsule becomes more refractile and conspicuous. (18 Nov 1997) |
| quellung test | Increase in opacity and visibility of the capsule of capsulated organisms exposed to specific agglutinating anticapsular antibodies. Synonym: Neufeld reaction, quellung phenomenon, quellung reaction, quellung test. Scrotal swelling, the swelling formed after the embryonic genital swellings have fused together, become spherical, and migrated caudally to the base of the penis; just before birth the testis comes to lie within it. Spielmeyer's acute swelling, a form of degeneration of nerve cells in which the cell body and its processes swell and stain palely and diffusely. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quench | 1. To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc. "Ere our blood shall quench that fire." (Shak) "The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the wonder of her infamy." (Shak) 2. To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering. Synonym: To extinguish, still, stifle, allay, cool, check. Origin: OE. Quenchen, AS. Cwencan in acwencan, to extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan, acwincan, to decrease, disappear; cf. AS. Cwinan, acwinan, to waste or dwindle away. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quenching | 1. The process of extinguishing, removing, or diminishing a physical property such as heat or light; e.g., the cooling of a hot metal rapidly by plunging it into water or oil. 2. In beta liquid scintillation counting, the shifting of the energy spectrum from a true to a lower energy; it is caused by a variety of interfering materials in the counting solution, including foreign chemicals and colouring agents. 3. The process of stopping a chemical or enzymatic reaction. Origin: M. E. Quenchen, fr. O.E. Acwencan Fluorescence quenching, a technique used in investigations dealing with binding of antigens (haptens) by purified antibodies, applicable in cases in which the bound antigen (hapten) absorbs (quenches) light emitted during fluorescence of protein (antibody) excited by ultraviolet light. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quenouille training | <botany> A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning. Origin: F. Quenouille distaff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quadriplegia |
loss of movement and sensation in all four limbs.
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| quarter |
A term that describes a common length of courses offered by a school. Quarters usually last about 10 weeks. In these schools, courses are offered four times a year, including summer session.
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| quadritubercular |
An upper cheek tooth bearing four cusps
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| quantitative |
Expressed in numerical values. See qualitative.
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| quarter |
One of the four three-month periods into which the calendar year is divided for the reporting of economic data.
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| q | the branch of quantum physics that is concerned with the theory of fields |
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| q | a sudden large increase or advance |
| q | (physics) an abrupt transition of an electron or atom or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantum |
| q | a sudden large increase or advance |
| q | the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level |
| q | the branch of physics based on quantum theory |
| q | a physical theory that certain properties occur only in discrete amounts (quanta) |
| q | the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Quapaw people |
| q | a member of the Siouan people of the Arkansas river valley in Arkansas |
| q | isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease |
| q | enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease |
| q | place into enforce isolation, as for medical reasons |