Orifice to Osteophony
Orifice: The entrance or outlet of any cavity in the body.
Oriticium : An opening or orifice. Origin: The source or beginning of anything.
Orinotherapy : Treatment by living in high, mountainous regions. Ormeloxifene hydrochloride: A white powder, used as an antifertility agent.
Oropharynx: A division of the pharynx which lies between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
Orphenadrine : The citrate salt of orphenadrine, used as a skeletal muscle relaxant.
Orrhorrhea : A watery discharge. Orris: Herbs of the genus Iris, used in dentrifrices, toilet and dusting powders.
Ortho : Straight, normal, correct, etc. Orthogenesis : Progressive evolution in a given direction. Orthopedics: A branch of surgery dealing with the function of the skeletal system.
Orthophrenia : Soundness of mind. Orthopnoea: Difficult breathing. Qrthopsychiatary : Medical science
of mental health.
Orthostatic: . Pertaining to standing erect, standing upright.
Orthuria : Normal frequency of urination.
Os : Bone, a bony skeleton; a specific segment of the skeleton.
Osazone: A compound obtained by heating a sugar with phenylhydrazine and acetic aci,d.
Oscheitis : Inflammation of the scrotum.
Oscillation: A backward and forward motion.
Oscillograph: An instrument for recording electric oscillations. Oscillometer: An instrument for measuring oscillations.
Osmatic: Relating to the sense of smell.
Osmium: A very hard, gray, toxic and infusible metal, atomic number 76, atomic weight, 190.2; symbol Os. Osmolality: The concentration of osmotically active particles in solution expressed in terms of osmoles of solute per kilogram of solvent.
Osmolarity: The concentration of osmotically active particles in solution.
Osmometer: A device for measuring osmotic force.
Osmonosology : The study of disorders of the sense of smell.
Osmoreceptor: Specialized neurons in the hypothalamus that are stimulated by increased osmolality of
the extracellular fluid.
Osmosis: The passage of fluids into a solution through a membrane that is permeable to pure water but not to the sugar in the s91ution.
Osmotherapy : Treatment by the intravenous injection of hypertonic solution to produce dehydration.
Osmotic diuresis: Passage of fluids due to high concentration of osmotically active substances in the renal tubules, e.g., urea which limits the reabsorption of wath.
Osmotic pressure: The pressure developed when two solution of different concentrations are separated by a semipermeable. membrane.
Osmotrophy : Organisms obtaining their nutrients in soluble form. Osphresis: The sense of smell. Ossature : The arrangement of bones in the body.
Osseomucoid : A mucin existing in bone.
Ossicle: A small bone. Ossiculum: A small bone or ossicle. Ossiferous : Producing bone. Ossific: Forming a bone. Ossification: The formation of bone. OssiOuence : Softening of bony tissue.
Ossiform : Resembling bone. Ostealgia (Ostalgia) : Pain in a bone. Ostectomy: The excision of a bone. Osteectopia : Displacement of a bone.
Osteitis: Inflammation of a bone. Osteoanagenesis : Regeneration of bone.
Osteoarthritis: Non inflammatory degenerative joint disease. Osteoarthropathy: Any disease of the joints and bones.
Osteoblast: A cell which arises from a fibroblast and on maturing is associated with the production of
bone.
Osteocachesia : Cachexia due to chronic bone disease. Osteochondritis: Ipflammation of both bone and cartilage. Osteodentin: Dentin that resembles bone.
Osteodesmosis : The formation of bone and tendon.
Osteodynia: Pain in a bone. Osteodysplasty : Abnormal development of bone. Osteodystrophy: Defective bone formation.genesis: Formation of bone. Osteography: A description of the bones.
Osteoectasia : Bowing of the bones. Osteo
Osteoid: (1) Resembling bone. (2) The organic matrix of bone. Osteology: The scientific study of the bones.
Osteolysis: Dissolution of bone. Osteoma: A tumor composed of bone tissue.
Osteomalacia: Softening of the bones due to vitamin D deficiency. Osteometry: The measurement of bones.
.Osteomiosis : Disintegration of bone.
Osteomyelitis: Inflammation of bone caused by a pyogenic organism. Osteon: The basic unit of structure of compact bone.
Osteonecrosis: Death of necrosil> of bone.
Osteonosus : Disease of bone. Osteopathia (Osteopathy) : Any disease of a bone.
Osteophagia: The eating of bone due to a craving for phosphorus. Osteophlebitis: Inflammation of the veins of a bone.
Osteophony : Tbe conduction of sounds by bone. |
