Glossary of Medical Terms,
Abbreviations
&
Symbols
Dutch-English,
French-English,
German-English
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Q
(symbol)
=
cardiac output /
q
= every (prescriptions) / QALY
= quality-of-life year (health
economics) /
QF = Querfinger(breite)
= finger breadth;
finger's breadth (use
deprecated) / q.i.d.
= quater in die
= four times a
day / QR = quotient
respiratoire see RQ
/ qs = quantum satis; quantum
sufficit = as much as is
necessary; naar believen;
zoveel als nodig (medical
prescriptions) / qsp
= quantité suffisante pour
see
qs
/ QTA = quartztypisches Areal
= quartz-typical area (a
measure of pneumoconiosis or silicosis as seen in lung sections)
/
Quaddel
= weal / quadrijumeaux;
quadruplés
= quadruplets / quarantaine;
Quarantäne =
quarantine / maladie quarantenaire
= quarantinable disease /
fièvre quarte
= quartan (fever, malaria) (also
used
as noun)
/ Quartzstaublunge
= silicosis / quatorzaine = 14-day quarantine (
epidem.) / Quecksilbervergiftung
= mercury poisoning; mercurialism / Querfaser
= cross fibre (asbestos)
/ Querfortsatz
= oblique process (vertebra) / Querschnittslähmung
= paraplegia / Querstreifung =
(transverse) striation (muscle)
/ Quetschpräparat = crush preparation;
squash preparation
(cytol.) / Quetschwunde
= crush injury / Quetschung
=
compression (intervertebral
disc e.g.) /
queue de cheval
= cauda equina (spinal cord)
/ temps de Quick; Quickwert see
PT
/ quinte
= coughing fit / quotient
intellectuel = intelligence
quotient; IQ
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