| organography | A description of the organs of animals or plants. Origin: Organo-: cf. F. Organographie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| organoid | 1. Resembling in superficial appearance or in structure any of the organs or glands of the body. 2. Composed of glandular or organic elements, and not of a single tissue; pertaining to certain neoplasms (e.g., an adenoma) that contain cytologic and histologic elements arranged in a pattern that closely resembles or is virtually identical to a normal organ. See: histoid. Synonym: organelle. Origin: organo-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| organoid nevus | Congenital papillary acanthosis of the epidermis, with hyperplasia of sebaceous glands developing at puberty and presence of apocrine glands in non-apocrine areas of the skin (commonly the scalp). A variety of epithelial tumours may arise from a nevus sebaceus in adult life, most commonly basal cell carcinoma. Synonym: Jadassohn's nevus, organoid nevus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organoid tumour | A tumour of complex structure, glandular in origin, containing epithelium, connective tissue, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organoids | An organization of cells of different tissue types generated in culture to simulate an organ. The term can also refer to certain neoplasms that contain cytologic and histologic elements arranged in a pattern that closely resembles or is virtually identical to a normal organ. (12 Dec 1998) |
| organoleptic | <physiology> Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole. Origin: F. Organoleptique, fr. Gr. An organ + to lay hold of. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| organological | Of or relating to organology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| organology | 1. <study> The science of organs or of anything considered as an organic structure. "The science of style, as an organ of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style." (De Quincey) 2. That branch of biology which treats, in particular, of the organs of animals and plants. See Morphology. Origin: Organ: cf. F. Organologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| organoma | <tumour> Obsolete term for a neoplasm that contains cytologic and histologic elements in such an arrangement that specific types of tissue, e.g., thyroid glands, intestinal mucosa, ovarian stroma and follicles, may be identified in various parts. See: teratoma. Origin: organo-+ G. -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| organomegaly | Abnormal enlargement of the viscera, such as may be seen in acromegaly and other disorders. Synonym: organomegaly, splanchnomegaly. Origin: viscero-+ G. Megas, large (05 Mar 2000) |
| organomercurial | Any organic mercurial compound; e.g., merbromin, thimerosal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organomercurial hydrolase | <enzyme> From a plasmid-bearing strain of e. Coli resistant to inorganic mercury and organomercury cpds Registry number: EC 3.- Synonym: alkylmercury reductase, arylmercury reductase, mercury-carbon splitting enzyme, carbon-mercury splitting enzyme (26 Jun 1999) |
| organomercury compounds | Organic compounds which contain mercury as an integral part of the molecule. (12 Dec 1998) |
| organometallic | <chemistry> Metalorganic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| organometallic compounds | A class of compounds of the type r-m, where a c atom is joined directly to any other element except h, c, n, o, f, cl, br, I, or at. (12 Dec 1998) |