Category: O

  • Oxygen cylinder

    A heavy metal tube which contains oxygen and is connected to a patient’s oxygen mask.  

  • Oxygenator

    A machine which puts oxygen into the blood, used as an artificial lung in surgery. A machine that oxygenates blood outside the body. It is used together with pumps to maintain the patient’s circulation while he is undergoing open heart surgery or to improve the circulation of a patient with heart or lung disorders that…

  • Oxygenated blood

    Blood which has received oxygen in the lungs and is being carried to the tissues along the arteries.  

  • Oxygenate

    To combine blood with oxygen.  

  • Oxycephaly

    A condition in which the skull is shaped into a point, with exophthalmos and poor sight. Congenital malformation of the skull in which premature closure of the coronal and sagittal sutures results in accelerated upward growth of the head, giving it a long, narrow appearance. A deformity of the bones of the skull giving the…

  • Oxycephalic

    Referring to oxycephaly.  

  • Oxybutynin

    A drug which reduces the need to pass urine. A medication employed to address frequent urination and urge incontinence by easing the tension in the bladder muscles and enhancing bladder capacity. Typical adverse effects encompass dry mouth and blurred vision.  

  • Oximeter

    An instrument which measures the amount of oxygen in something, especially in blood. Instrument used to measure the concentration of hemoglobin in the blood. An instrument for measuring the proportion of oxygenated hemoglobin (oxyhemoglobin) in the blood. A non-invasive device which can be attached to a patient’s skin by an adhesive, and records the degree…

  • Oxide

    A compound formed with oxygen. Any chemical compound in which oxygen is the negative radical.  

  • Overwrought

    Very tense and nervous.