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quadrate (KWŎD-rāt): A square or rectangular shape.

quadriplegia (kwŏd-rĭ-PLĒ-jē-ă): Paralysis of four (limbs). Affects both arms, both legs and sometimes from the neck down.

quickening (KWĬK-ĕn-ĭng): First feeling of movement of the fetus in utero by the pregnant woman.

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