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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.

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q.v. ² American  

abbreviation

qq.v plural

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

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qv British  

abbreviation

1. quod vide

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Etymology

Origin of q.v.¹

From Latin quantum vīs

Origin of q.v.²

From Latin quod vidē

Example Sentences

Plates: in Coccidae, the squames; q.v.: in male Homoptera, a pair of pieces following the last full ventral segment; usually preceded by a short piece, - the valve.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Anastomosis: a running together; usually applied to wing veins, often to markings; sometimes used like stigma, q.v.; also in Neuroptera, a series of cross-veinlets nearly in one row; a connecting series of veinlets.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Aileron: the scale covering the base of primaries in some insects; see tegulae in Diptera = alula and squama, q.v.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

A polite modification of the grosser Carajo, q.v.

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

Turbinate: top-shaped; nearly conical: differs from pyriform in being shorter and more suddenly attenuated at base: applied to an eye = pillared eye; q.v.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.