Category: O

  • Olfactory

    Pertaining to the sense of smell.  

  • Olecranon

    The back of the elbow, formed by the tip of the ulna which curves around the lower end of the humorous. A curve projecting part at the end of the ulna at the elbow, which gives rise to a painful tingling sensation if hit by accident. Projection of the ulna (one of the lower arm…

  • Older Americans act

    Enacted in 1965 (PL 89-73), the purpose of the was to give elderly citizens more opportunity to participate in and receive the benefits of modern society: adequate housing, income, employment, nutrition, and health care. A federal statute enacted in 1965 (Public Law 89-73), and amended in subsequent years, which defines the national policy on aging.…

  • Old cortex

    A small, hidden part of the brain that governs the sense of smell, new cortex.  

  • Ogive

    A monotonic relationship in which a period of positive acceleration is followed by a period of negative acceleration.  

  • Official health agency

    A publicly supported governmental organization mandated by law and/or regulation for the protection and improvement of the health of the population, voluntary health agency; NGO.  

  • Officers

    In politics, those of the legislative staff elected by the membership, e.g., speaker of the house, and majority and minority whips. A person holding a position of authority, either by election or appointment, in an organization. In a corporation, the officers are appointed by the corporate directors to manage the day-to-day affairs of the corporation,…

  • Office of disease prevention and health promotion

    Concerned with coordination and policy development in matters concerned with the promotion of health.  

  • Office of consumer affairs

    Organized within the Department of Health and Human Services and serves as a coordinating body for inquiries and complaints on such subjects as consumer prices, quality, and safety of products and services.  

  • Oedipal conflict

    In Freud’s theory of psychosexual development, the conflict of a boy between a desire for his mother and the fear of punishment by his father.