| omnivorous | All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as, omnivorous vanity; especially. <zoology> Eating both animal and vegetable food. Omniv"orousness. Origin: L. Omnivorus; omnis all + vorate to eat greedily. See Voracious. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| omnivory | <biology, zoology> Describes an animal that eats all kinds of plants and animals. (09 Oct 1997) |
| omo- | <prefix> A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the shoulder or the scapula. Origin: Gr. The shoulder. (29 Oct 1998) |
| omoclavicular | Relating to the shoulder and the clavicle; denoting an anomalous muscle attached to the coracoid process or upper edge of the scapula and to the clavicle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| omoclavicular triangle | The triangle bounded by the clavicle, the omohyoid muscle, and the sternocleidomastoid muscle; it contains the subclavian artery and vein. Synonym: fossa supraclavicularis major, trigonum omoclaviculare, greater supraclavicular fossa, omoclavicular triangle, subclavian triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| omohyoid | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; as, the omohyoid muscle. Origin: Omo- + hyoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| omohyoid muscle | <anatomy> Formed of two bellies attached to intermediate tendon; origin, by inferior belly from upper border of scapula between superior angle and notch; insertion, by superior belly into hyoid bone; action, depresses hyoid; nerve supply, upper cervical spinal nerves through ansa cervicalis. Synonym: musculus omohyoideus, omohyoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| omophagia | The eating of raw food, especially of raw flesh. Origin: G. Omos, raw, + phago, to eat (05 Mar 2000) |
| omoplate | <anatomy> The shoulder blade, or scapula. Origin: F, from Gr. See Omo-, and Plate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| omostegite | <zoology> The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove. Origin: Omo- + Gr. A roof. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| omosternal | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the omosternum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| omosternum | <anatomy> The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage. In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle. Origin: Omo- + sternum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| omothyroid | Denoting a band of muscular fibres passing between the superior cornu of the thyroid cartilage and the omohyoid muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| omotracheal triangle | The triangle bounded by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the superior belly of the omohyoid muscle, and the anterior midline of the neck; the infrahyoid muscles occupy most of it. Synonym: trigonum musculare, trigonum omotracheale, inferior carotid triangle, omotracheal triangle, tracheal triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| OMP | <abbreviation> Oligo-N-methylmorpholinium propylene oxide; orotidylic acid; orotidylate; orotidine 5'-monophosphate. (05 Mar 2000) |