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Category: Oa-Oq

  • OBS

    1.Organic brain syndrome.2. Obstetricians, in the plural.

  • Objective

    In a microscope, the objective (also called the objective lens) is the lens nearest to the object being examined whereas the lens closest to the eye is termed the ocular (the eyepiece). The light microscope today is usually binocular (with one ocular for each eye) and has a turret bearing a selection of objective lens.

  • Obesity, exogenous

    Overweight caused by consuming more food than the person’s activity level warrants, leading to increased fat storage.

  • Obesity

    The state of being well above one’s normal weight. A person has traditionally been considered to be obese if they are more than 20 percent over their ideal weight. That ideal weight must take into account the person’s height, age, sex, and build. Obesity has been more precisely defined by the National Institutes of Health (the NIH) as a BMI…

  • Obese

    Well above one’s normal weight. A person has traditionally been considered to be obese if they are more than 20% over their ideal weight. That ideal weight must take into account the person’s height, age, sex, and build. Obesity has been more precisely defined by the National Institutes of Health (the NIH) as a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 30…

  • OB/GYN

    A commonly used abbreviation. OB is short for obstetrics or for an obstetrician, a physician who delivers babies. GYN is short for gynecology or for a gynecologist, a physician who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs. The word “gynecology” comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman + logia meaning study, so gynecology literally is the study of…

  • OB

    Abbreviation for obstetrician or for obstetrics, the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and the puerperium, the time immediately after delivery.

  • Oath of Maimonides

    A traditional oath for physicians attributed to Maimonides and often used as an alternative to the Hippocratic Oath. It is not to be confused with the more lengthy Prayer of Maimonides. “The eternal providence has appointed me to watch over the life and health of Thy creatures. May the love for my art actuate me at…