Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

quinsy
See 
peritonsillar abscess.
Quintan fever
See 
trench fever.
quotid
See 
q.d.
quotidian
Recurring each day, as in a fever that
returns every day.
quotient
The result of mathematical division. 
quinidine
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R 1
Respiration. For example, a medical chart
note of “R20” is shorthand for 20 respirations
(breaths) per minute.
2
Right. A medical chart
note of a burn on the “R digit 5” places the burn on
the right little finger or toe.
3
Roentgen.
4
In
chemistry, a radical.
5
On a prescription, 
recipe,
which is Latin for “to take.” Also known as Rx.
rabies
A potentially fatal viral infection that
attacks the central nervous system. Rabies is carried
by wild animals (particularly bats and raccoons)
and finds its way to humans by many routes. Most
cases of rabies can be traced to animal bites, but
cases have been documented in which the virus was
inhaled in bat caves, contracted in lab accidents, or
received from transplanted donor tissue. Symptoms
include fever, aching muscles, and headache, poten-
tially progressing to inflammation of the brain, con-
fusion, seizures, paralysis, coma, and death. There
is no cure for rabies after it has settled in the brain,
so immediate emergency care for any suspicious
animal contact is imperative. Rabies immunoglobu-
lin shots, antibiotics, and rabies vaccine may be
used immediately after contact with a suspected
rabies carrier. To prevent rabies, pets should be
vaccinated against the virus, and people should
avoid contact with wild or unknown animals. A
human rabies vaccine is available, but it is recom-
mended only for those in high-risk occupations
(such as game wardens, zookeepers, and animal
control officers).
racemose
A descriptive term for something that
is in a cluster or bunch. For example, a racemose
aneurysm is an aneurysm that looks like a bunch of
grapes.