Category: Q

The measurement of success or the degree of excellence as determined by a comparison with accepted standards. The former name for the activity later called quality assurance. The name of the activity was changed to reflect that the intent was to maintain and improve the quality of care rather than merely measure it (assess it).…

In epidemiology, variety that can be named or classified but cannot be quantified. Nominal variable quantitative variable.  

A grouping of information according to similar characteristics, using words, not numbers, to assess a project.  

A group of four chromosomes of the same kind in a cell. Resulting from chromosome translocations. Having the ability to replace four atoms of hydrogen in a compound (i.e., a chemical valence of four).  

Paralysis affecting both arms and both legs. Paralysis of the limbs due to damage to the spinal cord in the cervical region. Paralysis or weakness affecting all four limbs and the trunk, as in a person who has suffered a spinal-cord injury in the neck. Paralysis affecting all four limbs and the trunk of the…

A chromosomal ring having four corresponding parts.  

Any fraudulent misrepresentation in matters concerned with health. It may take the  form of health service, the use of unproven or useless products, or the manufacture and sale of fraudulent, worthless, or misrepresented products. Nutritional quackery includes the sale or promotion of questionable and sometimes harmful products purported to have positive health or performance effects…

A person or group of persons who offer fraudulent health service or products for profit charlatan; quackery. One who pretends to have knowledge or skill in medicine.  

A commercial preparation of methaqualone introduced by the William H. Rorer Company in 1966.  

A set of procedures used to implement a q methodology.