QUADRANT

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 16

n. KwaM'r'nt. Lat., quadrans (from quattuor, four). Ger., Kreisbogen. A quarter of a circular area (e. g., of the cornea); of Wilder, such an area of the ventral aspect of the crus cerebri. [I, 80 (K).] [s. 368]