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Overflow incontinence
A leakage of urine because the bladder is too full. Incontinence characterized by small frequent voidings due to leakage of small amounts of urine spilling from an overfilled bladder, or to a bladder with pathologically decreased volume. Overflow urinary incontinence pertains to the leakage of urine from the bladder, while overflow fecal incontinence involves the…
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Overexertion
Doing too much physical work or taking too much exercise.
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Overeating
Eating too much food. An eating disorder characterized by the frequent eating of much larger quantities of food than needed to simply satisfy hunger.
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Overdose
A dose of a drug which is larger than the recommended or usual dose. Taking more of a drug than what is normally safe to take. An excessive and potentially toxic amount of a medication, given in error or taken intentionally (e.g., by patients making suicide gestures or suicide attempts). The taking of too much…
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Overdo
To work too hard or to do too much exercise (informal).
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Overcompensate
To try too hard to cover the effects of a condition or quality.
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Overcome
To fight something and win. To make a person lose consciousness.
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Ovariotomy
A surgical operation to remove an ovary or a tumour in an ovary. Ovariotomy, or oophorectomy, is the operation of removal of an ovary or an ovarian tumour. The surgical extraction of an ovary or the surgical removal of a sizable ovarian cyst.
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Ovariocele
A hernia of an ovary.
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Ovarian cyst
A cyst which develops in the ovaries. Sac, often filled with fluid or semisolid material, that develops in or on the ovary. It may be transient and functional or a sign of pathology; if it causes pain or is malignant, it is usually removed surgically. Abnormal cystic growth on the ovary comprised of a closed…
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