| Oehl's muscles | Strands of muscle fibres in the chordae tendineae of the left atrioventricular valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Oehl, Eusebio | <person> Italian anatomist, 1827-1903. See: Oehl's muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Oehler's symptom | A sudden pallor and coldness in the arm with slight disability, occurring on lifting of a heavy weight. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Oehler, Johannes | <person> German physician, *1879. See: Oehler's symptom. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oelet | An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet. See: Eyelet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oenanthal | CH3(CH2)5CHO; heptaldehyde;obtained from the ricinoleic acid of castor oil by chemical means; used in the manufacture of ethyl oenanthate, a constituent of many artificial essences (flavors). Synonym: enanthal, oenanthal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oenanthate | <chemistry> A salt of the supposed oenanthic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oenanthic | <chemistry> Having, or imparting, the odour characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old wine. Cf. Oenanthylic. Oenanthic acid, an acid obtained from oenanthic ether by the action of alkalies. Oenanthic ether, an ethereal substance (not to be confused with the bouquet, or aroma, of wine) found in wine lees, and consisting of a complex mixture of the ethereal salts of several of the higher acids of the acetic acid series. It has an ethereal odour, and it used in flavoring artificial wines and liquors. Called also oil of wine. See Essential oil, under Essential. Origin: Gr. The first shoot of the vine, the vine blossom, the vine; the vine + bloom, flower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oenanthol | <chemistry> An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognised as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence Synonym: oenanthaldehyde. Origin: oenanthylic + L. Oleum oil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oenanthone | <chemistry> The ketone of oenanthic acid. Origin: oenanthic + -one. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oenanthyl | <chemistry> A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in oenanthic acid, now known to be identical with heptyl. Origin: oennthic + -yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oenanthylate | <chemistry> A salt of oenanthylic acid; as, potassium oenanthylate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oenanthylic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the acid in oenanthic ether, but now known to be identical with heptoic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oenanthylidene | <chemistry> A colourless liquid hydrocarbon, having a garlic odour; heptine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oenanthylous | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly supposed to be the acid of oenanthylic ether, but now known to be a mixture of higher acids, especially capric acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |