q.s.

A form of quantum sufficit — A sufficient quantity.

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adverbq.s. (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of quantum sufficit.

    Let there be two parts of the old grease to the fresh, and of the other things, q. s.

    1868, Charles Darwin Adams, On Ulcers, translation of original by Hippocrates of Kos
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