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Medical Symptoms & Illnesses
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
OBESITY
OBESITY AND THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM (ECS) (Video)
ORAL (cancer)
ORAL (Drug testing)
ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
OSTEOPOROSIS (Bones)
OBESITY
OBESITY AND THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM (ECS) (Video)
ORAL (cancer)
ORAL (Drug testing)
ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
OSTEOPOROSIS (Bones)
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George
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Medical Terms and Meaning
Obtundation - less than fully alert, an altered level of consciousness
Occluded - blocked up, as in an occluded artery
Ocular - referring to the eye
Olfactory - pertaining to smell, odor detection
Oromucosal - pertaining to the lining inside of the mouth
Ortholog - the same gene in different species doing the same job, traceable to a common ancestor
Osteoblast - a cell that makes new bone
Osteoclast - cell that eats away and breaks down bone causing bone resorption
Oviduct - a tube that connects the ovary to the uterus
Occluded - blocked up, as in an occluded artery
Ocular - referring to the eye
Olfactory - pertaining to smell, odor detection
Oligodendrocytes - cells that make the myelin sheath that protects CNS nerves
Oocyte - a female germ cell/ egg
Orexin (aka hypocretin) - a neuropeptide that regulates arousal, wakefulness, and appetiteOromucosal - pertaining to the lining inside of the mouth
Ortholog - the same gene in different species doing the same job, traceable to a common ancestor
Osteoblast - a cell that makes new bone
Osteoclast - cell that eats away and breaks down bone causing bone resorption
Oviduct - a tube that connects the ovary to the uterus