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  • q.v.
    q.v.
    abbreviation
    (in prescriptions) as much as you wish.
  • qv
    qv
    abbreviation
    quod vide

q.v.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) as much as you wish.


q.v. 2 American  

abbreviation

qq.v plural
  1. (used in formal writing after a cross reference) which see.


qv British  

abbreviation

  1. quod vide

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of q.v.1

From Latin quantum vīs

Origin of q.v.2

From Latin quod vidē

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