q.v.

¹ American  

abbreviation

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

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q.v. ² American  

abbreviation

plural

qq.v

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

Such a further complication of the operation practically alters its character into an operation for artificial pupil, q.v.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

Quart, Quarter, Quarterly, q.v., quod vide=Which see; quantum vis=As much as you will.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Milton. pros. prosody. coll., colloq. colloquially. min. mineralogy. prov. provincial. comp. comparative. mod. modern. q.v. which see. conch. conchology.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Cat's Carriage.—The same play that is otherwise called the "King's Cushion," q.v.

From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison

This may be avoided, to some extent, by making it shorter and rounded off, as in Carden's Amputation, q.v.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph