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! scope="col" | Abbreviation
! scope="col" | Meaning
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| q    || each, every (from [[Latin]] ''quaque'')
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| q15  || every 15 minutes
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| q6h <br /> q6° || once every 6 hours
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| q2wk || once every 2 weeks
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|qAc
|Before every meal (from Latin ''quaque ante cibum)''
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| q.a.d.|| every other day (from Latin ''quaque altera die'')
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| QALY || [[quality-adjusted life year]]
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| q.AM || every day before noon (from Latin ''quaque die ante meridiem'')
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|q.d.
|every day (from Latin ''quaque die)''
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| q.d.s.|| four times each day (from Latin ''quater die sumendus'')
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| q.h. ||  each hour (from Latin ''quaque hora'')
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| q.h.s. || every bedtime (from Latin ''quaque hora somni'')
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| q.i.d.|| four times each day (from Latin ''{{not a typo|quater}} in die'') <br /> (not deprecated, but consider using "four times a day" instead. See the [[List of medical abbreviations: Do-not-use list|do-not-use list]])
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| QIDS || [[Rating scales for depression|Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms]]
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| q.l.|| as much as you like (from Latin ''quantum libet'')
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| q.m.t. also qm|| every month
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| q.n. || every night
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| [[QNS]] <br /> q.n.s. || quantity not sufficient
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| q.o.d. || every other day (from Latin ''quaque altera die'') <br /> (deprecated; use "every other day" instead. See the [[List of medical abbreviations: Do-not-use list|do-not-use list]])
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| QOF   || [[Quality and Outcomes Framework]] (system for payment of [[General practitioner|GPs]] in the UK [[National Health Service]])
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| q.o.h. || every other hour
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| q.s. || as much as suffices (from Latin ''quantum satis'' or ''quantum sufficit'')
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| qt || [[quart]]
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| q.v. || which see (from Latin ''quod vide''); <br /> as much as you please (from Latin ''quantum vis'')
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| q.wk. also qw || weekly (once a week)
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