Quotidian
Recurring each day, as in a fever that returns every day.
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The result of mathematical division.
- Q fever
An infectious disease due to the bacterium Coxiella burnetii whose symptoms include fever, headache, malaise, and pneumonia (interstitial pneumonitis), but not rash. The Q stands for query because the cause of the disease was long a question mark. Q fever is a zoonotic disease and is contracted from cattle, sheep, and goats. Chronic Q fever […]
- Q bands
A form of chromosome band, one of the bright and dull fluorescent bands seen alternating along the length of chromosomes under ultraviolet light after the chromosomes are stained with quinacrine. The Q in Q band stands for Quinacrine, an agent used as an antimalarial agent and, in the laboratory, as a fluorescent dye.
- q arm of a chromosome
The symbol “p” was chosen to designate the short arm because “p” stands for “petit”, “small” in French. The letter “q” was selected to signify the long arm merely because “q” is the next letter in the alphabet.
- Rabbit fever
An infection in rabbits and other wild rodents caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis that can be transmitted to humans by contact with infected animal tissues or ticks. Also called tularemia. The main mode of transmission to humans is tick bites in the summer and exposure to rabbits in the fall and winter during the […]