Category: O

  • Open space school

    A school building without interior walls.  

  • Open panel

    A prepaid insurance plan or policy in which any health or medical provider may become the provider of the health and medical services needed.  

  • Open marriage

    A relationship in which the couples are committed to each other but are free to engage in sexual activities with others.  

  • Open lesion diseases

    A class of infectious diseases that are generally transmitted by direct contact with the lesions of an infected person.  

  • Open institution

    An organization that is subject to pressures from outside its domain.  

  • Open head injury

    A trauma to the brain in which the skull is opened by the injury, closed head injury. A head injury in which the integrity of the cranium is breached.  

  • Open fracture

    A fracture or dislocation having a direct communication with the outside through the skin. There may be a small wound over the fracture or dislocation, or the ends of the bone may be protruding through the skin. A fracture in which the broken end of a bone pierces the skin. An open fracture, often termed…

  • Open enrollment

    The practice of allowing students to attend the school of their choice within a particular school district. A period when new subscribers may elect to enroll in a health insurance plan or prepaid group practice. Open enrollment periods may be used in the sale of either group or individual insurance and be the only period…

  • Open-ended

    A question or statement that allows the subject freedom to respond in any way he or she wishes.  

  • Open education

    A form of teaching that stresses learner activity and interaction, learning centers, cooperative planning, and individualized learning activities, traditional education.