| oxymethylene | <chemistry> Formic aldehyde, regarded as a methylene derivative. Origin: Oxy- + methylene. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| oxymorphone | <chemical> An opioid analgesic with actions and uses similar to those of morphine, apart from an absence of cough suppressant activity. It is used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain, including pain in obstetrics. It may also be used as an adjunct to anaesthesia. Pharmacological action: analgesics, opioid, anaesthesia adjuvants, narcotics. Chemical name: Morphinan-6-one, 4,5-epoxy-3,14-dihydroxy-17-methyl-, (5alpha)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| oxymorphone hydrochloride | 14-Hydroxydihydromorphinone hydrochloride;a semisynthetic narcotic analgesic closely related chemically to hydromorphone hydrochloride; its actions are similar to those of morphine, but more potent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxymuriate | <chemistry> A salt of the supposed oxymuriatic acid; a chloride. Oxymuriate of lime, chloride of lime. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxymuriatic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, that is, hydrochloric acid. Oxymuriatic acid, chlorine, formerly so called on the supposition that it was a compound of oxygen and muriatic acid. Origin: Oxy- + muriatic: cf. F. Oxymuriatique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxymyoglobin | Myoglobin in its oxygenated form, analogous in structure to oxyhemoglobin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxynervone | A cerebroside containing alpha-hydroxynervonic acid. Synonym: oxynervone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxyneurine | <chemistry> See Betaine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxyntic | <physiology> Acid; producing acid; -applied especially to certain glands and cells in the stomach. Origin: Gr. To make acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxyntic cell | Cell of the gastric epithelium that secretes hydrochloric acid. (18 Nov 1997) |
| oxyntic gland | One of the gastric gland's secreting the hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice. Synonym: oxyntic gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxyntomodulin | <protein> Peptide produced by cleavage of proglucagon by prohormone convertases. Cleavage also produced glicentin in addition to glucagon itself. JBC 270:10136 (18 Nov 1997) |
| oxyopy | <medicine> Excessive acuteness of sight. Origin: NL. Oxyopia, from Gr. Sharp + sight. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxyosmia | Synonym: hyperosmia. Origin: G. Oxys, acute + osme, sense of smell (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxyosphresia | Synonym: hyperosmia. Origin: G. Oxys, acute, + osphresis, smell (05 Mar 2000) |