| Onodi cell | A variant of a posterior ethmoidal air cell in intimate relationship with the optic nerve just distal to the optic chiasm. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| onomantic | Of or pertaining to onomancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| onomantical | Of or pertaining to onomancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| onomasticon | A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif, a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. (sc), fr. See Onomastic. (01 Mar 1998) |
| onomatechny | Prognostication by the letters of a name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| onomatologist | One versed in the history of names. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| onomatology | <study> The science of names or of their classification. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| onomatomania | <psychiatry> An abnormal impulse to dwell upon certain words and their supposed significance, or to frantically try to recall a particular word. Origin: G. Onoma, name, + mania, frenzy (05 Mar 2000) |
| onomatope | An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word. See: Onomatopoeia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| onomatophobia | <psychology> Abnormal dread of certain words or names because of their supposed significance. Synonym: nomatophobia. Origin: G. Onoma, name, + phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| onomatopoeia | <philosophy> The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire. It has been maintained by some philologist that all primary words, especially names, were formed by imitation of natural sounds. Origin: L, fr. Gr., a name + to make. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| onomatopoeic | Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterised by onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| onomatopoetic | Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterised by onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| onomatopoiesis | The making of a name or word, especially to express or imitate a natural sound (e.g., hiss, crash, boom); in psychiatry, the tendency to make new words of this type is said to characterise some persons with schizophrenia. See: neologism. Origin: G. Onoma, name, + poiesis, making (05 Mar 2000) |
| onomatopy | <philosophy> The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire. It has been maintained by some philologist that all primary words, especially names, were formed by imitation of natural sounds. Origin: L, fr. Gr., a name + to make. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |