| one-hand | Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See: dactylology. (04 Mar 1998) |
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| one-horned uterus | An obsolete term for unicorn uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| one-sided | 1. Having one side only, or one side prominent; hence, limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or statement. "Unguarded and one-sided language." 2. <botany> Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers. One-sid"ed-ly, One-sidedness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| one-step procedure | A procedure in which a surgical biopsy is performed under general anesthesia and if cancer is found, a mastectomy or lumpectomy is done immediately as part of the same operation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| oneberry | <botany> The herb Paris. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oneidas | <ethnology> A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in the State of new York, and forming part of the Five Nations. Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oneiric | 1. Pertaining to dreams. 2. Pertaining to the clinical state of oneirophrenia. Synonym: oniric. Origin: G. Oneiros, dream (05 Mar 2000) |
| oneirism | A waking dream state. Origin: G. Oneiros, dream (05 Mar 2000) |
| oneirocritical | Rarely used term pertaining to the logic of dreams. Origin: G. Oneiros, dream, + kritikos, skilled in judgment (05 Mar 2000) |
| oneirodynia | Rarely used term for an unpleasant or painful dream. Origin: G. Oneiros, dream, + odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| oneirodynia activa | <psychiatry, neurology> Sleepwalking, rising out of bed and walking about during an apparent state of sleep, usually occurring in the first third of the night and lasting a few minutes to a half hour. Origin: L. Somnus = sleep, ambulare = to walk (18 Nov 1997) |
| oneirodynia gravis | 1. A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep. 2. A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterised by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus. 3. Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence. Origin: Night + mare incubus. See Mare incubus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oneirogmus | Nocturnal emission of semen, often related to erotic dreams. See: wet dream. Origin: G. Oneirogmos, an effusion of semen during sleep (05 Mar 2000) |
| oneirology | The study of dreams and their content. Origin: G. Oneiros, dream, + logos, study (05 Mar 2000) |
| oneiromancy | Divination by means of dreams. Origin: Gr. A dream + -mancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |