Letter O - Medical Science dictionary by Futura-Sciences

Alphabetical index

Obesity Obesity is the generic term describing excess adipose mass ...	Occipital Occipital means located on the occiput between the vertex ...
Occiput The occiput is the region of the head above the cranium and ...	OCD The OCD or obsessive compulsive disorders are behavioural ...
Ocytocin Ocytocin is a medicine with properties which can cause or ...	Oedema Oedema is the infiltration of subcutaneous or sub mucosal ...
Oesophageal manometry Oesophageal manometry is an examination used to measure ...	OGDT Oesophago-gastric-duodenal transit (OGDT) is a radiological ...
Ogino method The Ogino method is based on the hypothesis that ovulation ...	Olfactory centres The olfactory centres of the brain are formed from regions ...
Oligodendroglioma An oligodendroglioma is a central nervous tumour system that ...	Omentum The omentum is the name of two folds of the peritoneum: the ...
Omnivore The term omnivore refers to an organism which feeds on a ...	Onco-haematologist An onco-haematologist is a doctor specialised in the ...
Oncogenesis Oncogenesis is the group of factors and mechanisms which ...	Oncologist A doctor specialising in malignant diseases (cancers). Also ...
Oncology Oncology is the branch of medicine dedicated to the study ...	Oncomodulin Oncomodulin is a calcium-binding protein which is specific ...
Oncotic pressure The osmotic pressure which can be attributed to blood plasma proteins.	Onychomycosis An onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nails of the ...