Category: O

  • Osteocartilaginous

    Bone and cartilage.  

  • Osteocampsia

    Curvature or bending of a bone.  

  • Osteocachexia

    Wasting of the body due to chronic bone disease.  

  • Osteoarticular

    Bones and joints. Describing a symptom or disorder that encompasses both bones and joints in its manifestation.  

  • Osteoaneurysm

    Dilatation of a blood vessel with clotted blood in a bone.  

  • Osteoacusis

    Sound conduction via bone.    

  • Ozone layer

    The layer of triatomic oxygen that surrounds the Earth and filters much of the sun’s radiation before it can reach the earth’s surface. A region of the atmosphere with a high concentration of ozone.  

  • Oxytetracycline

    A generic name for Terramycin, a commercial antibiotic preparation. An antibiotic which is effective against a wide range of organisms. An antibiotic used to treat infections caused by a wide variety of bacteria. It is administered by mouth or injection or applied to the skin in a cream; side-effects are those of the other tetracyclines.…

  • Oxyhemoglobin

    A compound formed by the union of oxygen with hemoglobin. Complex of hemoglobin and oxygen that is the form in which oxygen is transported from the lungs to the cells of the body. Oxygen molecules combine with the hemoglobin in red blood cells in the blood to form the compound oxyhemoglobin, transporting oxygen in the…

  • Oxygen uptake

    The volume of oxygen able to be extracted from inspired air, usually expressed as liters per minute.