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Orthopedics
Orthopedics: The branch of surgery broadly concerned with the skeletal system (bones). Orthopedics is how this field of surgery is listed under Physicians & Surgeons in the telephone Yellow Pages in Jacksonville, Florida. This spelling is quite comore detail info...
Orthopedist
Orthopedist: An orthopaedic surgeon, orthopaedics being the branch of surgery broadly concerned with the skeletal system (bones). Orthopedics is how this field of surgery is listed under Physicians & Surgeons in the telephone Yellow Pages in Jacksmore detail info...
Orthopnea
Orthopnea: The plight of a person who can only breath easily when sitting straight or standing erect.more detail info...
Orthopod
Orthopod: Slang for orthopedist.more detail info...
Orthoscopic
Orthoscopic: Having correct vision or producing it. Orthoscopic, in other words, is free from optical distortion or designed to correct distorted vision. This fits with the prefix "ortho", meaning straight or erect, and with "scopic" from the Gmore detail info...
Orthostatic hypotension
Orthostatic hypotension: A temporary lowering of blood pressure(hypotension) due usually to suddenly standing up (orthostatic). Orthostatic hypotension may be experienced by healthy people -- it is more common in older people -- who rise quickly frmore detail info...
Os sacrum
Os sacrum: The large heavy bone at the base of the spine. The Romans called this bone the "os sacrum" and the Greeks termed it the "hieron osteon," both meaning the "holy bone." According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "sacrum" entered Englismore detail info...
OslerÆs nodes
OslerÆs nodes: These are small (the size of split peas), tender, transient nodules in the pads of fingers and toes and the palms and soles. They are a highly diagnostic sign of bacterial infection of the heart (subacute bacterial endocarditis).more detail info...
Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome
Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome: Known as hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia (HHT), this is a genetic vascular disease with dilatation (widening) of capillaries and small arteries (arterioles) producing characteristic small red spots (called telangmore detail info...
Osseous
Osseous: Having to do with the bone.more detail info...
Osteo- (prefix)
Osteo- (prefix): Combining form meaning bone. From the Greek "osteon", bone. Appears for instance in osteoarthritis, osteochondroma osteodystrophy, osteogenesis, osteomyelitis, osteopathy, osteopetrosis, osteoporosis, osteosarcoma, etc.more detail info...
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis: Type of arthritis caused by inflammation, breakdown and eventual loss of the cartilage of the joints. For more information on this common type of arthritis, please see the Medicine Online site on OSTEOARTHRITIS.more detail info...
Osteochondroma
Osteochondroma: An abnormal solitary benign growth of bone and cartilage typically at the end of a long bone. Osteochondromas are usually discovered in persons 15 to 25 years of age. They are typically detected when injured or they become large enoughmore detail info...
Osteodystrophy (renal osteodystrophy)
Osteodystrophy (renal osteodystrophy): A combination of bone disorders usually caused by chronic kidney failure (renal disease). Please see the Medicine Online site on OSTEODYTROPHY for more information.more detail info...
Osteogenesis
Osteogenesis: The production of bone.more detail info...
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteogenesis imperfecta: Brittle bone disease. Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is not one but a group of genetic diseases, all of which affect collagen in connective tissue in the body and all of which result in fragile bones. The best known types armore detail info...
Osteogenesis imperfecta congenita
Osteogenesis imperfecta congenita: See: Osteogenesis imperfecta type II.more detail info...
Osteogenesis imperfecta tarda
p> Osteogenesis imperfecta tarda: See: Osteogenesis imperfecta type I.more detail info...
Osteogenesis imperfecta type I
Osteogenesis imperfecta type I: An inherited, generalized connective tissue disorder featuring bone fragility and blue sclerae (blue whites of the eyes). Osteogenesis imperfecta type I is the classic mild form of ôbrittle bone disease.ö It is amore detail info...
Osteogenesis imperfecta type II
Osteogenesis imperfecta type II: An inherited connective tissue disorder with very severe bone fragility. Osteogenesis imperfecta type II is the lethal form of ôbrittle bone disease.ö It is a recessive trait with males and females affected. Twomore detail info...