Category: O

An extremely rare, benign bone tumor occurring in children under 10 years old. The primary symptoms are painless swelling or bowing of bone. It usually develops in the tibia or fibula.  

Difficulty in propelling food or liquid from the oral cavity into the esophagus.  

An inability to coordinate chewing and swallowing a bolus of food placed in the mouth.  

A woman who is undersized due to absence or underdevelopment of the ovaries.  

Drainage of a wound or body cavity using absorbent materials or catheters that are in contact with the ambient conditions outside the patient.  

In radiography, the distance between the anatomical structure to be imaged and the radiographic image receptor.  

An obsolete term for object-image receptor distance. The distance separating the object or skin from the cassette or film.  

A dislocation in which no reduction has been accomplished even after many days, weeks, or months.  

The ability to locate specifically a point of pressure on the surface of the skin.  

That part of digestion that takes place in the mouth. It includes the physical process of chewing food and the chemical process of starch splitting by the enzyme amylase, present in the saliva.