QUINORAL 



446 



RADIOCHRONOMETER 



Quinoral. See Chinoral. 



Quinosol (kwin'-o-sol). I. Potassium oxyquinolin 

 sulfate. See Chinosol. 2. The proprietary name 

 for a neutral combination of tricresyl sulfonate and 

 quinolin, 33%, with tricresol, l"jfo- It is not caustic 

 and is soluble in water to the extent of I in 25. A 

 disinfectant for surgical instruments, and bactericide. 

 Application, 0.1-2% solutions. Syn., Cresochin ; 

 Kresochin. 



Quinoterpene (kwin-o-tur'-pin). C 30 H 48 . A decom- 

 position product occurring in the distillation of quinovic 

 acid, brenzquinovic acid, and novic acid. Syn., Chino- 

 terpene. 



Quinotoxin (kwin-o-toks' '-in). See Chinotoxin. 



Quinotropin (kivin-o-tro'-pin). Urotropin quinate. 



Quinova. (See Illus. Diet.) Q.-bitter, same as 

 quinova. Q. -sugar, C 6 H,,0 8 , a substance resem- 

 bling mannitan obtained from quinovin. 



Quinovate (kwin'-o-vdt). A salt of quinovic acid. 



Quinovit (kwin' '■ o-vit) . C 6 H, a O i . A decomposition 

 product of quinovin ; it is a dextrorotary, uncrystal- 

 lizable, unfermentable bitter substance. Syn., Chino- 

 vit. 



Quinquina (kwin' -kiuin-a h) . Cinchona. 



Quinquivalent, Quinquevalent (kwin-kwiv' '-a-lent, 

 kwin-kwev' '-a-lent) [ qui n que, five ; valere, to be 

 worth]. In chemistry, having an atomicity of five; 



capable of being combined with or of replacing five 

 hydrogen atoms in a compound. 



Quinsy. (See Illus. Diet. ) Syn., Acute parenchymatous 

 tonsillitis; Tonsillar abscess; Phlegmonous abscess. 

 Q., Lingual, a rare form originating in the tonsillar 

 tissues and progressing to acute purulent glossitis. Q., 

 Membranous, membranous angina. 



Quintane (kwin' -tan). C 5 H 1S . Amyl hydrid. 



Quintipara (kwin- tip' -ar-ah) [quint us, fifth ; parere, 

 to bring forth]. A woman who has been in labor five 

 times. 



Quintisternum (kwin-te-stur' -nu?n) [quintus, five ; 

 sternum~\. A part of the sternum having a special 

 center of ossification, corresponding with the fifth 

 intercostal space. 



Quionin (kwi f -o-nin). "Tasteless quinin." A mixture 

 of cinchona alkaloids, principally cinchonidin, occur- 

 ring in granular masses coated with resin. 



Quirica (ke-re'-ka) [Sp.]. See Carafe (1) (Illus. Diet.). 



Quotient. (See Illus. Diet.) Q., Blood, the resu 

 obtained by dividing the quantity of hemoglobin in th 

 blood by the number of erythrocytes, expressed in eac 

 case as a percentage of the normal amount. Q 

 Flesh, Argutinsky's name for the relationship of th 

 carbon to nitrogen in flesh ; on an average, 3. 24 : 1 

 Q., Proteid, the result of dividing the amount of globu 

 lin in the blood-plasma by the amount of albumin in it 



R 



Rabbeting (rab'-et-ing) [O.F. rabouter, to push back]. 



The interlocking of the broken serrated edges of a 



fractured bone. 

 Rabdoidal (rab-doid'-al). See Rhabdoidal (Illus. 



Diet.). 

 Rabelaisin (rab-el-a'-is-in). A glucosid isolated by 



Plugge from the bark of Lunasia amara, Blanco, a 



rutaceous tree of the Philippine Islands ; the bark is 



used in inflammation of the eye and as an arrow-poison 



by the Negritos. It causes vomiting and cramps. 

 Rabiate (ra'-be-at) [rabies, rage]. Rabid. 

 Rabies. (See Illus. Diet. ) R., Street, Pasteur's term 



for the rabies of dogs infected natural ly. Fr. Rage des 



rues. 

 Rabitor (ra'-be-tor). An individual affected with 



rabies. 

 Rachicocainization (ra-ke-ko-ka-in-i-za' -shun) [p<i;t<c, 



spine ; cocainization~\. The induction of anesthesia 



by the injection of a solution of cocain hydrochlorate 



into the subarachnoid space by means of a lumbar 



puncture. 

 Rachilysis (ra - kit' '- is - is) [paxiQ, spine; lieiv, to 



loose]. Forcible correction of spinal curvature by 



combined mechanical traction and pressure. 

 Rachitism (ra'-kitizm). Rachitis. R. of Adults. 



See Osteomalacia (Illus. Diet.). 

 Rachitol (ra'-kit-ol). An extract of suprarenal glands ; 



used in the treatment of rachitis. 

 Rachitropacocainization (ra-ke-tro-fa-ko-ka-in-i-za' '- 



shun). Subarachnoid cocainization by means of tropa- 



cocain. Cf. Rachicocainization. 

 Radal (ra'-dal). A 20% solution of protargol ; used 



as a prophylactic in gonorrhea. 

 Radesyge. (See Illus. Diet.) R. canadensis. See 



Syphiloid, Canadian (Illus. Diet.). 



Radiant (ra' -de-ant) [radius, ray]. Emitting rays. 



Radiatio, Radiation. (See Illus. Diet.) R., Callosa] 

 R. caudicea, R. caudicis, R. centralis, R. cor 

 poris callosi, R. medullaris cerebri. See Corona 

 radiata (Illus. Diet.). R., Occipitothalamic. Se 

 R., Optic, of Gratiolet (Illus. Diet.). R., Polar, the 

 astral rays of the mitotic figure. R., Striothalmic, 

 Edinger's name for an extensive fiber system connect- 

 ing the striatum with the nuclei of the thalamus and 

 with the subthalamic region. R., Tegmental, a tract 

 in the region ventrad of the thalamus ; its fibers passing 

 from the cortex of the superior parietal lobule are dis- 

 tributed into the eapsula, into the spinal cord below 

 the thalamus and part sink into the lenticular nucleus. 

 R. thalami optici. See R., Thalamic (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Radicle. (See Illus. Diet.) R., Acid, a group of 

 nonmetallic atoms, especially one containing carbon, 

 which may in many reactions remain unaltered and 

 pass from one compound to another. R., Alkali, a 

 radicle which produces an alkali when substituted tor 

 an atom of hydrogen in water. R., Vascular, vessels 

 uniting to form a larger vessel. R.s, Venous, the 

 capillaries forming the smallest veins. Syn., Capil- 

 laries, J'enous. 



Radiculalgia {1 ad-ik-u-lal' -je-ah) [radicula, a littl 

 root; aAyoc, pain]. Neuralgia affecting the m-ivc 

 roots. 



Radioactive (ra-de-o-ak'-fiT) [radiate, to emit rays] 

 act/tare, to act]. Exhibiting radiant energy. 



Radioactivity (ra-de-o-ak-ti-.'-it-e). The property of J 

 exhibiting radiant energy. 



Radiochronometer (rade-o-kro-nom'-et-ur) [radius, fj 

 rav ; rpovdf , time ; uirpov, measure]. An instrument 

 for testing the character of Roatgea tubes. 



