QUINQUECOSTATE 



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RABIES 



Quinquecostate (kwin - kwe - kos'- tat ) \_quinque, five ; 



costa, a rib]. In biology, having five costae. 

 Quinquedentate (kivin-kwe-den'-tat) \_quinque, five; 



dens, tooth]. In biology, five-toothed. 

 Quinquedigitate (kwin-kwe-dij 1 '-it-at) [quinque, five ; 



digitus, finger]. Having five fingers or toes. 

 Quinquefid (kwin'-kwe-fid ) \_quinque, five ; findere, to 



cleave, split]. In biology, five- cleft. 

 Quinquefoliate (kwin - kwe -fo'- le - at) \_quinque , five 



folium, leaf ]. In biology, five-leaved. 

 Quinquefoliolate (kwin-kwe-fo' ' -le-o-ldt)[quinque , five 



foliolum, a leaflet]. In biology, applied to any com 



pound leaf that has just five leaflets. 

 Quinquelobate (kwin-kive-lo' '-bdt)\_quinque, five ; lobus 



lobe]. In biology, having five lobes. 

 Quinquelocular (kwin-kwe-lok 1 '-u-lar) \_quinque, five 



loculus, a cell]. In biology, having five cells or com 



partments, as a five-celled ovary. 

 Quinqueloculine (kwin-kwe-lok' -u-liri) \_quinque, five 



loculus, a cell]. In biology, the same as quinquelocu 



lar. Applied to certain Foraminifera. 

 Quinquepartite (kioin - kwe -par'- tit) [quinque, five 



partire, to divide]. In biology, five-parted. 

 Quinqueradiate (kwin - kwe -ra' -de -at) [quinque, five 



radius, ray]. In biology, five-rayed. 

 Quinqueseptate (kwin - krve - sep'- tat) \quinque, five 



septum, a partition]. In biology, having five septa or 



partitions. 

 Quinqueserial (kivin - kwe - se' '- re - al) \_quinque, five 



series, a row]. In biology, arranged in five rows. 

 Quinquetuberculate (kwin-kwe-tu-ber' -ku-lat) \_quin- 



que, five; tuberculum, tubercle]. Having five tuber- 

 cles. 

 Quinquevalve (kwin' ' -ktve-valv) \_quinque, five ; valva, 



door]. In biology, having five valves. 

 Quinquinina [kwin-kwe-ni' -nah) [Sp. , quina, bark]. A 



preparation containing alkaloids of cinchona-bark, ex- 

 tracted by macerating in acidulated water, and precipi- 

 tated by a soluble alkali. 

 Quinquino (kwin-ke' -no) [S. Amer.]. The tree Myrox- 



ylon pereirce, which produces balsam of Peru. 

 Quinsy (kwin'-ze) \kvuv, dog; dy^en - , to choke]. The 



popular name for Cynanche tonsillaris, an acute, 



severe inflammation of the tonsils and mucous mem- 

 brane of the fauces, accompanied by fever. It is 

 specially applied to suppurative tonsillitis. Q., Ma- 

 lignant. See Diphtheria. 



Quintan (kwin' -tan) \_quintus, fifth]. An intermittent 

 fever, the paroxysms of which occur every fifth day, 

 counting the first and last day. 



Quinteroon (kivin'-ter-oon). See Quintroon. 



Quintessence (kzvin-tes' -ens) \jjuintus, fifth ; essentia, 

 essence]. The active principle of any substance, con- 

 centrated to the utmost degree. A term anciently 

 much employed in medicine and pharmacy for a tinc- 

 ture prepared by digestion at a moderate heat. 



Quintine (kwin' -tin) [quintus, fifth]. In biology, a 

 fifth integument counting from the outside. 



Quintroon (kwin-troon') [Sp. , quinteroit]. A person, 

 one of whose parents is of the white race, and the 

 other has one-sixteenth part of African blood. 



Quintuple (kwin'-tu-pl) \_quintuplex, fivefold]. Five- 

 fold. 



Quintuplets (ktvin-tu' -plels) [qtiinfyplex, f\ve-fo\d~\. A 

 set of five children all born at one confinement. 



Quitch-grass (kwitch'-gras). See Triticum repens, or 

 Quicken. 



Quittor, Quitter (kwit'-or, kwit'-er) [ME., quittr, 

 rottenness]. In farriery, a fistulous wound upon the 

 quarters or the heel of the coronet, caused by treads, 

 pricks in shoeing, corns, or other injuries which produce 

 suppuration at the coronet or within the foot. 



Quiz (kwiz) [qucesare, to ask]. In medical pedago- 

 gics, an informal recitation or exercise in which the 

 student familiarizes himself with his medical studies. 

 Q. -master, one who conducts a quiz. 



Quizzer (kwiz'-er) [qutzrare, to ask (?)]. The precep- 

 tor who conducts the quiz-exercise. 



Quotidian (kwo - lid'- e - ait) \jjuot, as many as ; dies, 

 day]. An intermittent fever, the paroxysms of which 

 occur daily. 



Quotient (kwo'-shent) \_quoties, how often] . There- 

 suit of the process of division. Q., Respiratory, the 

 mathematic relation of the free oxygen that is inspired 

 to that which is expelled from the lungs as carbon 

 dioxid. 



R 



R. The abbreviation of Recipe, take ; also of Right, of 

 Reaumur, and of Resistance (electric). 



R , or R. An abbreviation of Recipe, used in physicians' 

 prescriptions, signifying take. The stroke across the 

 tail of the R is probably a remnant of the symbol of 

 Jupiter (Tj), used of old as the superscription to formu- 

 lae, in accordance with the custom of propitiating the 

 gods by pious invocations. , 



Rabic (rab'-ik) [rabies, rage]. Pertaining to rabies; 

 rabietic. 



Rabid (rab'-id) \rabidus, mad]. Affected with rabies, 

 or hydrophobia. Pertaining to hydrophobia, as rabid 

 virus. 



Rabidity (ra-bid'-it-e) \rabidus, rabid]. The state of 

 being rabid. 



Rabidness (rhb'-id-nes) \rabidus, rabid]. Madness; 

 the state of being rabid. 



Rabidus (rab'-id-us) [I..]. Madness. R. canis. 

 Synonym of Hydrophobia. 



Rabies (ra'-be-Sz) [L.]. Lyssa, or Hydrophobia. The 

 latter term is popularly applied to the human diseaa 

 consequent upon the bite of a rabid dog or other 

 animal. Rabies is an acute infectious disease 

 animals, dependent upon a specific virus, ami com- 

 municable to man by inoculation. All animals ai 

 liable to the disease, but it occurs most frequently in 

 the wolf, the cat, and the dog, and is chiefly propa 

 gated by the latter, which is specially susceptible, 1 

 nature of the poison is as yet unknown; it has 

 special affinity for the nervous system, and is found in 

 the secretions, particularly in the saliva. The pal 

 of incubation in man varies from six weeks to tint 

 months. Three stages of the disease are 1 < i 

 a premonitory, characterized by depression and irritf 

 bility, followed by a stage of great excitability, ■ 

 excessive sensitiveness to afferent stimuli, givin 

 to intensely painful spasms, particularly ol tin 

 and laryngeal muscles. The fact that the attempt to 



