Quickening
the first feeling by a
pregnant woman of movement of the baby in her uterus. It usually occurs between
16 and 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Quinine
/kwí'nín/
a white, bitter, crystal-like alkaloid. It is made from cinchona bark and
used in antimalaria drugs.
Quotid
(a.d.) in prescriptions, abbreviation for quaque die, a Latin phrase
meaning "every day."