| oxazolidinediones | An obsolescent chemical class of antiepileptic drugs useful in the treatment of absence (petit mal) seizures; examples include trimethadione and paramethadione. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oxazolone | <chemical> 2-phenyl-4-ethoxymethylene-5-oxazolone. Immunologic adjuvant and sensitizing agent. Pharmacological action: adjuvants, immunologic. Chemical name: 5(4H)-Oxazolone, 4-(ethoxymethylene)-2-phenyl- (12 Dec 1998) |
| oxbane | <botany> A poisonous bulbous plant (Buphane toxicaria) of the Cape of Good Hope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxbird | <zoology> The dunlin. The sanderling. An African weaver bird (Textor alector). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxbiter | <zoology> The cow blackbird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxbow | A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river. (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxeladin | 2-Ethyl-2-phenylbutyric acid 2-(2-diethylaminoethoxy)ethyl ester;an antitussive agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxeye | 1. <botany> The oxeye daisy. See Daisy. The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis). A genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum) with large yellow flowers. 2. <zoology> A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) and the blue titmouse (P. Coeruleus). The dunlin. A fish; the bogue, or box. <botany> Creeping oxeye, a West Indian composite shrub (Borrichia arborescens). Origin: Ox + eye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxfly | <zoology> The gadfly of cattle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Oxford unit | <microbiology> The minimum amount of penicillin which will prevent the growth of Staphylococcus aureus over an area 26 mm in diameter in a standard culture medium; 1 unit equals 0.6 ug of crystalline sodium salt of penicillin. Synonym: Florey unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxheal | <botany> Same as Bear's-foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxhide | 1. The skin of an ox, or leather made from it. 2. A measure of land. See Hide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oxic | Containing oxygen, aerobic. Usually used in reference to a microbial habitat. (09 Oct 1997) |
| oxiconazole | Broad spectrum antifungal agent resembling ketoconazole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxid | <chemistry> See Oxide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |