| orthoglycaemic glycosuria | <nephrology> Presence of glucose in the urine without hyperglycaemia due to abnormality in renal tubular reabsorption of filtered glucose. Synonym: nondiabetic glycosuria, orthoglycaemic glycosuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| orthognathia | The study of the causes and treatment of conditions related to malposition of the bones of the jaws. Origin: ortho-+ G. Gnathos, jaw (05 Mar 2000) |
| orthognathic | Orthognathous 1. Relating to orthognathia. 2. Having a face without projecting jaw, one with a gnathic index below 98. Origin: ortho-+ G. Gnathos, jaw (05 Mar 2000) |
| orthognathic surgery | surgical orthodontics |
| orthognathism | <anatomy> The quality or state of being orthognathous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| orthognathous | <anatomy> Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic. Origin: Ortho- + Gr. The jaw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| orthogon | <geometry> A rectangular figure. Origin: Ortho- + Gr. Angle: cf. F. Orthogone, a. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| orthogonal | Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another. Orthogonal projection. See Orthographic. Origin: Cf. F. Orthogonal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| orthogonal arrays | Arrays that are at (approximately) right angles to one another. Confluent fibroblasts often become organised into such arrays, other examples are the packing of collagen fibres in the cornea and cellulose fibrils in the plant cell wall. (18 Nov 1997) |
| orthograde | Walking or standing erect; denoting the posture of man; opposed to pronograde. Origin: ortho-+ L. Gradior, pp. Gressus, to walk (05 Mar 2000) |
| orthograde conduction | Conduction in the expected normal direction between any cardiac structures. Synonym: antegrade conduction, forward conduction, orthograde conduction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| orthograde degeneration | <medicine> A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibres as a result of their division; so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| orthograde transport | Axonal transport from the cell body of the neuron towards the synaptic terminal. Opposite of retrograde transport and probably dependent on a different mechanochemical protein (almost definitely kinesin) interacting with microtubules. (18 Nov 1997) |
| orthographer | One versed in orthography; one who spells words correctly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| orthographia mutata | With an altered spelling. (09 Jan 1998) |