| oligothymia | Rarely used term for a poverty or loss of affect. Origin: oligo-+ -thymia (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oligotokous | <zoology> Producing few young. Origin: Oligo- + Gr. Offspring. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oligotrichia | Presence of less than the normal amount of hair. (12 Dec 1998) |
| oligotrichosis | Presence of less than the normal amount of hair. (12 Dec 1998) |
| oligotroph | <biology, ecology> Organisms that can grow in environments poor in nutrients. (18 Nov 1997) |
| oligotrophia | Oligotrophy Deficient nutrition. Origin: oligo-+ G. Trophe, nourishment (05 Mar 2000) |
| oligotrophic | <ecology> Describes a body of water in which nutrients are in low supply. (09 Oct 1997) |
| oligoxyloglucan hydrolase | <enzyme> From aspergillus oryzae; highly specific for xyloglucan oligosaccharides; splits off isoprimeverose disaccharide units from non-reducing end Registry number: EC 3.2.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| oligozoospermatism | Oligozoospermia Synonym: oligospermia. Origin: oligo-+ G. Zoon, animal, + sperma, seed (05 Mar 2000) |
| oliguresia | Oliguresis Synonym: oliguria. Origin: oligo-+ G. Ouresis, urination (05 Mar 2000) |
| oliguria | <nephrology, physiology> Secretion of a diminished amount of urine in relation to the fluid intake. Synonym: hypouresis, oligouresis. Origin: Gr. Ouron = urine (18 Nov 1997) |
| olitory | Of or pertaining to, or produced in, a kitchen garden; used for kitchen purposes; as, olitory seeds. "At convenient distance towards the olitory garden." (Evelyn) Origin: L. Olitorius belonging to a kitchen gardener, or to vegetables, fr. Olitor a kitchen gardener, fr. Olus, oleris, vegetables. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oliva | <zoology> A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully coloured. Origin: L. An olive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oliva inferior | The oliva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oliva superior | A circumscript, bipartite cell group located ventrolaterally in the lower pontine tegmentum, immediately dorsal to the trapezoid body; the nucleus receives fibres from both the ipsilateral and contralateral cochlear nuclei, and contributes fibres to the lateral (auditory) lemniscus of both sides. It is believed to be prominently involved in the function of spatial localization of sound. Synonym: nucleus dorsalis corporis trapezoidei, oliva superior, superior olivary nucleus, superior olive. (05 Mar 2000) |