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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

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q.v. qv

Preformation: the doctrine of growth or development from already existing rudiments; opposed to epigenesis: q.v.

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

Must be used in a story about a prominent clubman, q.v. as above.

From The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 by Various

Urinary vessels: = malpighian tubules; q.v.: has also been applied by older authors, to anal glands.

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

Flabs: the lobes at the tip of the dipterous mouth:= labella; q.v.

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

A few stanzas from this poem are scattered through the poem entitled "The Sexton's Sermon," q.v.

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Philip Freneau

Several attempts have been made to prove the existence of Celtic dialects with qv on the continent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

In phonology there are also very striking differences, apart from the treatment of the labialized velar qv already mentioned.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Forms containing p occur in the Coligny calendar, discovered in 1897, by the side of others with qv, a state of affairs not yet satisfactorily accounted for.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various