| osche- | The scrotum. Origin: G. Osche (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oscheal | <anatomy> Pertaining to the scrotum. (27 Sep 1997) |
| oscheitis | Inflammation of the scrotum. Origin: osche-+ G. -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| oschelephantiasis | An enlargement or elephantiasis of the scrotum. Origin: osche-+ elephantiasis (05 Mar 2000) |
| oscheohydrocele | Scrotal hydrocele. Origin: oscheo-+ G. Hydor, water, + kele, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| oscheoplasty | Synonym: scrotoplasty. Origin: oscheo-+ plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| oscillancy | The state of oscillating; a seesaw kind of motion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oscillaria | <botany> A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Synonym: Oscillatoria. Origin: NL, fr. L. Oscillare to swing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oscillate | 1. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway. 2. To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth. "The amount of superior families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits." (Dc Quincey) Origin: L. Oscillare to swing, fr. Oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to be hung from trees and swing in the wind, prob. Orig, a little mouth, a dim. From os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Osculate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oscillating | That oscillates; vibrating; swinging. Oscillating engine, a steam engine whose cylinder oscillates on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed in a perpendicular or other direction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oscillating vision | The subjective sensation of oscillation of objects viewed. Synonym: oscillating vision. Origin: L. Oscillo, to swing, + G. Opsis, vision (05 Mar 2000) |
| oscillation | 1. The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration. 2. Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth. "His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme points of the oscillation were not very remote." (Macaulay) Axis of oscillation, Center of oscillation. See Axis, and Center. Origin: L. Oscillatio a swinging. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oscillative | Tending to oscillate; vibratory. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oscillator | Something that changes regularly or cyclically. Examples: oscillator neurons, which generate regular breathing or locomotory rhythms, slime moulds which secrete cyclic AMP in regular pulses. (18 Nov 1997) |
| oscillatoria | <botany> Same as Oscillaria. Origin: NL. See Oscillatory. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |