| DO | Doctor of Osteopathy (one of two fully recognized medical practioners in the US-the other being MD);... |
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| DRO | differential reinforcement of other behavior; Disablement Resettlement Officer |
| EOD | entry on duty; every other day |
| HCPOTP | health care professionals other than physicians |
| MOTT | mycobacteria other than tuberculosis |
| organic pain | Pain caused by an organic lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| organic principle | In chemistry, an organic compound that may exist already formed as a part of some other more complex substance (e.g., various sugars, starches, and albumins). Synonym: organic principle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic stricture | A stricture due to the presence of cicatricial or other new tissue, not spasmodic. Synonym: permanent stricture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic vertigo | Vertigo due to brain damage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alicyclic compounds | See: cyclic compound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alkylmercury compounds | Organic mercury compounds in which the mercury is attached to an alkyl group. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alum compounds | Aluminum metal sulfate compounds used medically as astringents and for many industrial purposes. They are used in veterinary medicine for the treatment of ulcerative stomatitis, leukorrhoea, conjunctivitis, pharyngitis, metritis, and minor wounds. (12 Dec 1998) |
| aluminum compounds | Inorganic compounds that contain aluminum as an integral part of the molecule. (12 Dec 1998) |
| aminobiphenyl compounds | <chemistry> Biphenyl compounds substituted in any position by one or more amino groups. Permitted are any substituents except fused rings. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ammonium compounds | Inorganic and organic compounds that contain the hypothetical radical nh4. (12 Dec 1998) |
| barium compounds | Inorganic compounds that contain barium as an integral part of the molecule. (12 Dec 1998) |
| benzalkonium compounds | <chemical> A mixture of alkylbenzyldimethylammonium compounds. It is a bactericidal quaternary ammonium detergent used topically in medicaments, deodorants, mouthwashes, as a surgical antiseptic, and as a as preservative and emulsifier in drugs and cosmetics. Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, local, detergents, preservatives, pharmaceutical. (12 Dec 1998) |
| benzhydryl compounds | Compounds which contain the methyl radical substituted with two benzene rings. Permitted are any substituents, but ring fusion to any of the benzene rings is not allowed. (12 Dec 1998) |
| benzylidene compounds | Compounds containing the phch= radical. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bephenium compounds | <chemical> Analogs or derivatives of bephenium (n,n-dimethyl-n-(2-phenoxyethyl)benzenemethanaminium). Pharmacological action: antinematodal agent. (12 Dec 1998) |