Agriculture and food terminology · MLC-0114
Agriculture and food terms: Q (18)
- Q feverAn acute infectious disease caused by Coxiella burnetti. It is characterized by a sudden onset of fever...
- QIVIVE (quantitative in vitro to in vivo extrapolation)Step-wise method that predicts toxicology risk probability using in-vitro data.
- qualitative risk assessmentA risk assessment based on data which, although insufficient for numerical risk estimations, allows risk...
- quality of lifeA generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g...
- quality-adjusted life yearA unit of health care outcomes that adjusts gains (or losses) in years of life subsequent to a health care...
- quantitative geneticsThe area of genetics concerned with the inheritance of continuously-varying traits. Most practical...
- quantitative polymerase chain reactionMethods used for detecting the amplified DNA products from the polymerase chain reaction as they accumulate...
- quantitative reference (life cycle assessment)The baseline to which the size of the exchanges in the process relate.
- quantitative risk assessmentA risk assessment that uses numerical expressions of risk and indication of inherent uncertainty.
- quantitative structure-activity relationshipsA mathematical relationship between a quantifiable aspect of chemical structure and a chemical property or...
- quantitative structure-toxicity relationshipsRelationship which attempts to correlate chemical structure with toxicology using statistical approaches.
- quantity food preparationCooking methods, planning and preparation needed when preparing food for a large number of people.
- quantum dotsNanometer-sized fragments (30 nm to 1 micron) of semiconductor crystalline material which hold a discrete...
- quargA soft, unripened, fresh cheese that is about the consistency of yogurt.
- quarter-sawn woodLumber that has been sawed so that the wide surfaces extend approximately at right angles to the annual...
- quartzQuartz (SiO2). A glassy or crystalline form of silicon dioxide. Many colored varieties are semiprecious...
- questionnairesPredetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc...
- quorum sensingQuorum sensing is a bacterial cell-to-cell communication process in which bacterial cells coordinate their...
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