Dictionary of Medical Terms

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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.