| obedience | 1. The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. "Government must compel the obedience of individuals." (Ames) 2. Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness. 3. A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope. A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior. One of the three monastic vows. The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject. Canonical obedience. See Canonical. Passive obedience. See Passive. Origin: F. Obedience, L. Obedientia, oboedientia. See Obedient, and cf.Obeisance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| obeisance | 1. Obedience. 2. A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy. "Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king." (1 Kings i. 16) Origin: F. Obeissance obedience, fr. Obeissant. See Obey, and cf. Obedience, Abaisance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| obeliac | Relating to the obelion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| obeliad | Toward the obelion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| obelin | <protein> Calcium activated photoprotein in the photocyte of the colonial hydroid coelenterate, Obelia geniculata. (18 Nov 1997) |
| obelion | <anatomy> The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins. Origin: NL, from Gr. A spit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| obelisk | 1. An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom. 2. A mark of reference; called also dagger [<dag/] See Dagger. Origin: L. Obeliscus, Gr, dim. Of a spit, a pointed pillar: cf. F. Obelisque. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Obermayer | Friedrich, Austrian physician, 1861-1925. See: Obermayer's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Obermayer's test | A test for indican; solids in the urine are precipitated by means of a 20% solution of acetate of lead and then filtered, and to the filtrate is added fuming hydrochloric acid containing a small amount of ferric chloride solution; if indican is present, the addition of chloroform causes the formation of indigo, indicated by the blue colour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Obermeier | Otto H.F., German physician, 1843-1873. See: Obermeier's spirillum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Obermeier's spirillum | A species causing relapsing fever in South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia; transmitted by the bedbug, Cimex lectularius, and the louse, Pediculus humanus subsp. Humanus. Synonym: Obermeier's spirillum, Spirochaeta obermeieri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oberon | <medicine> The king of the fairies, and husband of Titania or Queen Mab. Origin: F, fr. OF. Auberon; prob. Of Frankish origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Obersteiner | H., Austrian neurologist, 1847-1922. See: Obersteiner-Redlich line, Obersteiner-Redlich zone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Obersteiner-Redlich line | The narrow line along the course of a nerve (or nerve root) where the Schwann cells and connective tissue that support its axons are replaced by glia cells. The zone marks the true boundary between the central and the peripheral nervous system. Usually located at or near the surface of the spinal cord or brainstem, it can extend (e.g., in the eighth nerve) several millimeters out along the nerve. Synonym: Obersteiner-Redlich line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Obersteiner-Redlich zone | The narrow line along the course of a nerve (or nerve root) where the Schwann cells and connective tissue that support its axons are replaced by glia cells. The zone marks the true boundary between the central and the peripheral nervous system. Usually located at or near the surface of the spinal cord or brainstem, it can extend (e.g., in the eighth nerve) several millimeters out along the nerve. Synonym: Obersteiner-Redlich line. (05 Mar 2000) |