Category: Q

Recurring daily. Happening daily. A recurring fever that occurs intermittently every day.  

One of five babies born to a mother at the same time. Any of five offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy. One of 5 children born of a single gestation. Any one of five children born from a single pregnancy.  

Referring to a fever that occurs every fifth day.  

An illness caused by taking too much quinine, leading to dizziness and noises in the head.  

Same as quintuplet (informal).  

Referring to a disease with symptoms redaced either by treatment or in the usual course of the disease. The description applied to a disease in an individual which is in an inactive phase and so likely to be undiagnosed. The condition of being inactive or at rest.  

A test to identify the clotting factors in a blood sample. A liver function test that measures the amount of hippuric acid excreted after a dose of sodium benzoate is given.  

A test done during a lumbar pincture in which pressure is applied to the jugular veins to see if the cerebrospinal fluid is flowing correctly [Described 1916. After Hans Heinrich George Queckenstedt (1876-1918), German physician.] Test to determine whether there is a blockage in the spinal canal or whether cerebrospinal fluid can flow freely. A…

Feeling as though about to vomit.  

The feeling of being about to vomit.