| olea | <botany> A genus of trees including the olive. The Chinese Olea fragrans, noted for its fragrance, and the American devilwood (Olea Americana) are now usually referred to another genus (Osmanthus). Origin: L. Olive. See Olive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| oleaceous | <botany> Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Oleaceae), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree. Origin: L. Oleaceus of the olive tree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oleaginous | Oily or greasy. Origin: L. Oleagineus, pertaining to olea, the olive tree (05 Mar 2000) |
| oleamen | <medicine> A soft ointment prepared from oil. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oleander | <botany> A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose. Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and death has occured from using its wood for skewers in cooking meat. Origin: F. Oleandre (cf. It. Oleandro, LL. Lorandrum), prob. Corrupted, under the influence of laurus laurel, fr. L. Rhododendron, Gr.; rose + tree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oleandomycin | <chemical> Antibiotic substance produced by streptomyces antibioticus. Pharmacological action: antibiotics, macrolide. Chemical name: Oleandomycin (12 Dec 1998) |
| oleandomycin phosphate | An antibiotic substance produced by species of Streptomyces antibioticus; effective against staphylococci, streptococci, pneumococci, and some Gram-negative bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oleandrine | <chemistry> One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oleanolic acid | <chemical> 3 beta-hydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid. Occurs in leaves of olea europaea, viscum album l., and other higher plants. It is also the aglycone component of many saponins. Chemical name: Olean-12-en-28-oic acid, 3-hydroxy-, (3beta)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| oleaster | <botany> The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. Sylvestris). Any species of the genus Elaeagus. See Eleagnus. The small silvery berries of the common species (Elaeagnus hortensis) are called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs. Origin: L, fr. Olea olive tree. See Olive, Oil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oleate | <chemistry> A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction. Origin: Cf.F. Oleate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| olecranal | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the olecranon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| olecranon | <anatomy> The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow. Origin: NL, fr.Gr.; elbow + the head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| olecranon bursitis | Inflammation of the olecranon bursa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| olecranon fossa | A hollow on the dorsum of the distal end of the humerus, just above the trochlea, in which the olecranon process of the ulna rests when the elbow is extended. Synonym: fossa olecrani, anconal fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Worm, Ole | <person> Danish anatomist, 1588-1654. See: wormian bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Siggaard-Andersen, Ole | <person> Danish clinical biochemist, *1932. See: Siggaard-Andersen nomogram. (05 Mar 2000) |