| O |
| obstetrician |
doctor who takes care of pregnant women and delivers babies |
| obstetrics |
the study of pregnant women and childbirth |
| obstructive sleep apnea |
breathing problems while sleeping because the airways collapse or get closed off |
| occlude |
close off |
| oculmycosis |
fungus infection in the eye |
| oculus dexter (OD) |
right eye |
| oculus sinister (OS) |
left eye |
| oculus uterque (OU) |
each eye |
| oligomenorrhea |
occasional and irregular menstruation that occurs every 35 days to 6 months |
| oligospermia |
deceased amount of sperm in semen |
| oliguria |
decreased amount of urine |
| omphalitis |
inflammation of the belly button |
| omphalocele |
a birth defect in which there is bulging of the intestine through the body wall in the belly button region |
| oncogenic |
causing tumors to form |
| oncologist |
doctor who treats cancer |
| oncology |
cancer |
| onychectomy |
surgery to remove a nail |
| onychocryptosis |
ingrown nail |
| onychomalacia |
softening of the nails |
| onychomycosis |
fungal infection of the nail |
| onychophagia |
nail biting |
| oophorectomy |
surgery to remove the uterus and ovaries |
| oophoritis |
inflammation of the ovary |
| oophorohysterectomy |
surgery to remove the uterus and ovaries |
| opportunity |
chance |
| opthalmagia |
pain in the eye |
| opthalmic |
having to do with the eye |
| opthalmologist |
doctor who treats eye disorders |
| opthalmology |
the study of eye disorders |
| opthalmopathy |
disorder of the eye |
| opthalmorrhagia |
bleeding from the eye |
| optic |
having to do with the eye |
| optic nerve. |
nerve that carries visual messages from the retina to the brain |
| optician |
.person who makes glasses |
| optometer |
.tool used in eye examinations |
| optometry |
the study of the eye and vision |
| oral |
having to do with the mouth |
| oral administration |
giving a drug by mouth |
| orchidopexy |
.surgery to tie down a testicle in the scrotum |
| orchiectomy |
surgery to remove one or both testicles |
| orchiepididymitis |
inflammation of a testicle and epididymis |
| orchiopexy |
surgery to tie down a testicle in the scrotum |
| orchioplasty |
surgery to fix a testicle |
| orchitis |
inflammation of a testicle |
| organ |
.two or more kinds of tissues that work together to make up a part of the body with a unique function |
| orgasm |
the climax of sexual excitement |
| orthodontist |
dentist who treats teeth and jaw disorders |
| orthopedics |
the study of the bones and joints |
| orthopedist |
doctor who treats bone and joint disorders |
| orthopnea |
difficult breathing except when sitting up |
| orthotist |
person who puts on and teaches the use braces and splints |
| ossicles |
bones of the middle ear that carry sound |
| osteoarthritis (OA) |
disorder, which is seen mostly in older persons, in which the joints become painful and stuff |
| osteoblasts |
cell that makes bone |
| osteocarcinoma |
.bone cancer growth |
| osteochondritis |
inflammation of bone and cartilage |
| osteoclasis |
surgery to break a bone |
| osteocyte |
bone cell |
| osteofibroma |
benign tumor of bone and connective tissue |
| osteogenesis imperfecta |
genetic disorder in which the bones are delicate and break easily |
| osteomalacia |
soft bones |
| osteomyelitis |
infection and inflammation of bone |
| osteonecrosis |
death of bone tissue |
| osteoplasty |
surgery to fix a bone |
| osteoporosis |
loss of calcium from bone tissue resulting in bones that break easily; prevalent in postmenopausal women |
| osteosarcoma |
cancer of bone |
| osteotome |
chisel-like tool used for cutting or marking bone |
| otalgia |
earache |
| otitis |
inflammation of the ear |
| otitis externa |
.inflammation of the outer ear canal |
| otitis interna |
inflammation of the inner ear |
| otitis media |
inflammation of the middle ear |
| otologist |
doctor who treats disorders of the ear |
| otology |
the study of the ear |
| otomastoiditis |
inflammation of the ear together with mastoiditis |
| otomycosis |
fungus infection in the outer ear canal |
| otopyorrhea |
discharge of pus from the ear |
| otorhinolaryngologist |
doctor who treats disorders of the ear, nose, and throat |
| otosclerosis |
bone deposits in the inner ear which fuses the bones together |
| otoscope |
tool used to look into the ear |
| ovaries |
more than one ovary |
| ovulation |
discharge of an egg from the ovary |
| ovum |
the female sex cell that joins with the male sperm to make a zygote and eventually a baby; egg |
| oximeter |
tool used to measure the amount of oxygen in the blood |
| oxytocin |
hormone made by the brain that makes the uterus cramp and milk come out of the breasts |
