| olig- | See: oligo-. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oligaemia | A deficiency in the amount of blood in the body or any organ or tissue. Origin: oligo-+ G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| oligaemic | Pertaining to or characterised by oligaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oligaemic shock | Shock associated with pronounced fall in blood volume, sometimes resulting from increased permeability of blood vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oligamnios | <radiology> Prerenal, placental insufficiency, low-output cardiac failure, foetal demise, renal, renal agenesis, polycystic disease, multicystic dysplastic, postrenal, UPJ obstruction, megaureter, posterior urethral valves, urethral agenesis Notes: aetiology often unclear, leading to pulmonary hypoplasia, DRIP: demise, renal, IUGR, prematureure of membranes see also: Potter syndrome Cf: polyhydramnios (12 Dec 1998) |
| oligandrous | <botany> Having few stamens. Origin: Oligo- + Gr, man, male. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oliganthous | <botany> Having few flowers. Origin: Oligo- + Gr. Flower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| olighemia | An obsolete term for oligaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| olighidria | Oligidria Scanty perspiration. Origin: oligo-+ G. Hidros, sweat (05 Mar 2000) |
| oligist | <chemical> Hematite or specular iron ore; prob. So called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite. See: Oligist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oligistic | <chemical> Of or pertaining to hematite. Origin: Gr, superl. Of few, little: cf. F. Oligiste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oligo- | Means just a few or scanty. (12 Dec 1998) |
| oligo-1,6-glucosidase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of 1,6-alpha-glucosidic linkages in isomaltose and dextrins produced from starch and glycogen by alpha-amylase. Chemical name: Dextrin 6-alpha-D-glucanohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.2.1.10 (12 Dec 1998) |
| oligo-a1,6-glucosidase | A glucanohydrolase cleaving alpha-1,6 links in isomaltose and dextrins produced from starch and glycogen by alpha-amylase; secreted into the duodenum; a deficiency of this enzyme leads to defects in intestinal digestion of limit dextrins. See: sucrose alpha-d-glucohydrolase. Synonym: isomaltase, limit dextrinase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oligo-isomaltosaccharide synthase | <enzyme> Catalyses the formation of alpha-1,6-linked linear oligosaccharides from sucrose; isolated from streptococcus sobrinus Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- Synonym: gtf-s gene product, rgtf-s(3), glucosyltransferase s, glucosyltransferase-s, gtfd gene product (26 Jun 1999) |