oxyacetylene | (noun) a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals | - |
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oxyacid | (noun) any acid that contains oxygen | Synonyms: oxygen acid |
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oxybenzene | (noun) a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally | Synonyms: carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, phenol, phenylic acid |
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oxycephaly | (noun) a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape | Synonyms: acrocephaly |
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oxygen | (noun) a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust | Synonyms: atomic number 8, O |
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oxygenase | (noun) an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen | - |
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oxygenation | (noun) the process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen | - |
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oxyhaemoglobin | (noun) the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs | Synonyms: oxyhemoglobin |
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oxyhemoglobin | (noun) the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs | Synonyms: oxyhaemoglobin |
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oxymoron | (noun) conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') | - |
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oxyopia | (noun) unusually acute vision | - |
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oxyphenbutazone | (noun) an anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tandearil) used to treat arthritis and bursitis | Synonyms: Tandearil |
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oxyphencyclimine | (noun) an anticholinergic drug (trade name Daricon) used in treating peptic ulcers | Synonyms: Daricon |
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oxytetracycline | (noun) a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections | Synonyms: hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin |
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oxytocic | (noun) a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus | Synonyms: oxytocic drug |
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oxytocin | (noun) hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk | Synonyms: Pitocin |
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oxytone | (noun) word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable | - |
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