Category: O
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Ossificans
Generating bone or undergoing transformation into bone.
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Ossiferous
Generating or containing bone tissue.
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Ossicula auditus
The small bones responsible for hearing, located in the middle ear.
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Osmidrosis
A state in which sweat emits an unusually unpleasant odor. It is also referred to as bromidrosis.
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Osier nodes
Tiny, painful lumps located in the fingertip tissue during subacute infectious endocarditis, an infection that consistently develops in a previously compromised heart. In 80 percent of cases, the responsible infectious agent is a hemolytic streptococcus bacterium.
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Orthotonus
A type of muscle cramp that forces the individual to remain rigid and fully extended.
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Orthognathism
A situation in which the jaws, particularly the upper jaw, lack significant forward extension.
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Orthodiagraphy
A technique used to assess the external boundaries and precise dimensions of an organ, typically the heart, by employing parallel X-rays to delineate the organ’s contours on a specialized screen.
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Orthodiagram
The document produced through orthodiagraphy.
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Oropharyngeal
Pertaining to the mouth and throat (pharynx).