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Medical Glossary -Q-

Medical Glossary

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quadriplegia: Paralysis of all limbs, often caused by a severe neck injury.

quantitative computed tomography: A modification of computed tomography that provides measurements of bone mass as well as an image.

quarantine: A period of time in which a sick person is kept away from others to prevent the spread of disease.

quick relievers: Medications that quickly open the bronchial tubes by relaxing the muscles surrounding these airways.

quiet sleep: Any sleep other than REM sleep, in which thinking and most physiological activities slow, but movement still occurs. Also called non-REM sleep.

quackery: Misrepresentation of a product’s or person’s ability to diagnose and treat disease.

quadriceps: The name applied collectively to a group of four thigh muscles that insert together into the tendon surrounding the…

quadriplegia: Loss of feeling and movement of the arms and legs.

quarantine: Any isolation or restriction placed on movement to or from a place where communicable diseases have been diagnosed.

quickening: The first perceived movements of a fetus in the uterus.