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q 4 h, etc--Every 4 hours, etc

qid--4 Times a day

Quack--A pretender to medical skill; a medical charlatan

Quackery--The practice of medicine by a quack

Quadrant--One of the four regions into which the abdomen may be divided for purposes of physical diagnosis

Quadrate--Square, four sided

Quadrate Lobe--A small lobe of the liver on the underside of the right lobe to the left of the fissure for the gallbladder

Quadratus--Muscle having four sides

Quadri, Quadru--Combining form meaning four

Quantitative--Number or quantity, pertaining to measurement

Quartan--Recurring at about 72 hour intervals, on the fourth day

Quaternary--Fourth

Queen of the Meadow--Used for rheumatic and gouty conditions caused by uric acid deposits in the joints. It has a stimulating effect on glands and organs that clear the body of toxins and wastes, which makes it helpful in most forms of inflammatory distress

Questran--Cholestyramine--Primarily used to reduce high blood levels of total cholesterol, relieve itching due to deposit of bile acids in the skin caused by partial biliary obstruction

Quiescent--Inactive, dormant. A period during which an infection is present but not active within a host: for example the period between an acute attack of chickenpox (varicella) and a subsequent recrudescence of shingles (zoster)

Quinidine--Medicine often used to correct irregular heartbeat. Brand names of quinidine include Quinalan and Quiniglute

Quintan--Recurring every fifth day

Quotidian--Recurring every day

q.v.--Abbreviation for "as much as you wish"

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