| oxybromic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of oxygen and bromine. Origin: Oxy- + bromic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| oxybutynin chloride | Alpha-Phenylcyclohexaneglycolic acid 4-(diethylamino)-2-butynyl ester hydrochloride;an intestinal antispasmodic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxybutyric | <chemistry> Hydroxybutyric; designating any one of a group of metameric acids (C3H6.OH.CO2H). Origin: Oxy- + butyric. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxycalorimeter | A calorimeter measuring energy content of substances in terms of oxygen consumed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxycaproic | <chemistry> See Leucic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxycellulose | Cellulose that has been oxidised by NO2 or other oxidizing agents to the point where all or most of the glucose residues have been converted to glucuronic acid residues; used as an adsorbent in chromatography or other adsorption processes. See: oxidised cellulose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxycephalia | A type of craniosynostosis in which there is premature closure of the lambdoid and coronal sutures, resulting in an abnormally high, peaked, or conically shaped skull. Synonym: acrocephalia, acrocephaly, hypsicephaly, hypsocephaly, oxycephalia, steeple skull, tower skull, turricephaly. Origin: G. Oxys, pointed, + kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxycephalic | Oxycephalous Relating to or characterised by oxycephaly. Synonym: acrocephalic, acrocephalous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxycephaly | A type of craniosynostosis in which there is premature closure of the lambdoid and coronal sutures, resulting in an abnormally high, peaked, or conically shaped skull. Synonym: acrocephalia, acrocephaly, hypsicephaly, hypsocephaly, oxycephalia, steeple skull, tower skull, turricephaly. Origin: G. Oxys, pointed, + kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxychloric | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating in general, certain compounds containing oxygen and chlorine. Formerly designating an acid now called perchloric acid. See Perchloric. Origin: Oxy- + chloric. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxychloride | <chemistry> A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine; as, plumbic oxychloride. Origin: Oxy- + chloride. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxychromatic | Synonym: acidophilic. Origin: G. Oxys, sour, acid, + chroma, colour (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxychromatin | Chromatin that stains with acid dyes, as in interphase nuclei. Synonym: oxyphil chromatin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxyclozanide | <chemical> 3,3',5,5',6-pentachloro-2'-hydroxysalicylanilide. Anthelmintic used in grazing animals for fasciola and cestode infestations. Pharmacological action: antiplatyhelmintic agents. Chemical name: Benzamide, 2,3,5-trichloro-N-(3,5-dichloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-6-hydroxy- (12 Dec 1998) |
| oxycodone | <chemical> (5 alpha)-4,5-epoxy-14-hydroxy-3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan- 6-one. Semisynthetic derivative of codeine that acts as a narcotic analgesic more potent and addicting than codeine. Pharmacological action: antitussive agents, narcotics, analgesics, opioid. Chemical name: Morphinan-6-one, 4,5-epoxy-14-hydroxy-3-methoxy-17-methyl-, (5alpha)- (12 Dec 1998) |