| qualimeter | <radiobiology> An obsolete device for estimating the degree of hardness of X-rays. Origin: L. Qualis, of what kind, + G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
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| qualitative alteration | In electric irritability, a change in which the muscle contracts as readily on application of the anode as on that of the cathode. (05 Mar 2000) |
| qualitative analysis | Determination of the nature, as opposed to the quantity, of each of the elements composing a substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| qualitative trait | <genetics> A feature that can conveniently and effectively be analyzed by sorting into classes either because there is no satisfactory way of measuring it (as with blood groups) or because it falls into natural classes so that the variation among classes far exceeds that within classes (e.g., the phenotypic effects of many enzyme polymorphisms); existence of categories suggests but does not prove the operation of a major, simple, underlying cause. Synonym: qualitative trait. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quality adjusted life year | A year of life adjusted for its quality or its value. A year in perfect health is considered equal to 1.0 qaly. The value of a year in ill health would be discounted. For example, a year bedridden might have a value equal to 0.5 qaly. A measurement index derived from a modification of standard life-table procedures and designed to take account of the quality as well as the duration of survival. This index can be used in assessing the outcome of health care procedures or services. (12 Jul 2000) |
| quality assurance | Programs of regular assessment of medical and nursing activities to evaluate the quality of medical care. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quality assurance, health care | Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps. (12 Dec 1998) |
| quality control | In biotechnology, quality control is essential to ensure purified protein pharmaceuticals are indeed pure and that they are intact and maintain their biological activity. (14 Nov 1997) |
| quality control chart | A chart illustrating the allowable limits of error in laboratory test performance, the limits being a defined deviation from the mean of a control serum, most commonly ±2 SD. See: quality control. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quality factor | <radiobiology> (Q) A multiplying factor used with absorbed dose to convert to dose equivalent and therefore to express the radiation's effectiveness in causing biological effects. (16 Dec 1997) |
| quality indicators, health care | Norms, criteria, standards, and other direct qualitative and quantitative measures used in determinng the quality of health care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| quality of health care | The levels of excellence which characterise the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality. (12 Dec 1998) |
| quality of life | Refers to the level of comfort, enjoyment, ability to pursue daily activities. Often used in discussions of treatment options. (16 Dec 1997) |
| qualm | 1. Sickness; disease; pestilence; death. " thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [dead]" (Chaucer) 2. A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony. " Qualms of heartsick agony." 3. Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea. "For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked On holy garbage, though by Homer cooked?" (Roscommon) 4. A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction. Origin: AS. Cwealm death, slaughter, pestilence, akin to OS. & OHG. Qualm. See Quail to cower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| qualmish | Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit. Qualm"ishly, Qualm"ishness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quantal |
Describes a biological system capable of only two responses.
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| quantitative |
Traits that show a continuous variation in phenotype over a range.
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| quartz |
A mineral composed of the elements silicon and oxygen (silicon dioxide) that occurs in multiple forms.
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| quadriplegia |
Loss of function of any injured or diseased cervical spinal cord segment, affecting all four body limbs. Outside the US the term tetraplegia is used (which is etymologically more accurate, combining tetra + plegia, both from the Greek, rather than quadri + plegia, a Latin/Greek amalgam).
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| quartz |
a crystalline mineral, often transparent, in which gold and silver veins were most commonly found.
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| qua | very strange or unusual |
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| qua | attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic) |
| qua | in a quaint old-fashioned manner |
| qua | in a strange but not unpleasant manner |
| qua | strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned |
| qua | the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned |
| qua | shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity |
| qua | shake with seismic vibrations, as of planets |
| qua | shake with fast, tremulous movements |
| qua | a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers) |
| qua | one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear |
| qua | a dummy gun or piece of artillery made usually of wood |