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AIDS Glossary
- q
- medical abbreviation for every, often used to specify drug dosing schedules (e.g., q6h indicates every 6 hours; qiw indicates 4 times per week).
- q, compound
- see trichosanthin.
- q. __ d.
- pharmaceutical abbreviation, every __ days ('q9d' would mean 'every nine days')
- q. __ h.
- pharmaceutical abbreviation, every __ hours (quaque 4 horae) ('q4h' would mean 'every four hours')
- q.d.
- pharmaceutical abbreviation, every day (quaque die)
- q.i.d.
- pharmaceutical abbreviation, four times a day (quarter in die)
- q.i.w.
- pharmaceutical abbreviation, four times a week
- q.m.
- pharmaceutical abbreviation, every month
- q.o.d.
- pharmaceutical abbreviation, every other day
- q.o.w.
- pharmaceutical abbreviation, every other week
- q.s. ad
- pharmaceutical abbreviation, a sufficient quantity to make (quantum sufficiat ad)
- q.w.
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- pharmaceutical abbreviation, every week
- qc-pcr
- see quantitative competitive polymerase chain reaction.
- qi (chi, xi)
- the vital energy believed to be responsible for health and disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
- quadriplegia
- paralysis from the neck down, including the trunk and both legs and arms. See also paraplegia.
- qualitative
- relating to, or expressed in terms of, quality. Qualitative research is based on individual, often subjective, analysis.
- quantiplex hiv rna assay
- see branched-chain DNA assay.
- quantitative
- relating to, or expressed in terms of, quantity. Quantitative research is based on numerical data.
- quantitative competitive polymerase chain reaction
- a refined, sensitive version of the PCR assay used to detect DNA or RNA using competitive RNA samples for comparison.
- quiescent
- refers to a state of resting, inactivity or latency.
- quinolinic acid
- a naturally occurring toxin in the central nervous system believed to play a role in AIDS dementia complex.
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