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Oligochromemia
Oligochromemia Deficiency of hemoglobin in the blood.
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Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin is a substance contained within the red blood cells and is responsible for their color. It has the unique property of combining reversibly with oxygen and is the medium by which oxygen is transported within the body. It takes up oxygen as blood passes through the lungs and releases it as blood passes through the tissues.
Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
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Oligoarthritis
Inflammation of a few joints - conventionally up to 4 joints. More = 'polyarthritis'.
Oligomenorrhea
Light menstrual flow.
Oligospermia
Abnormally low number of sperm in the semen, with resultant relative infertility.
Oliguria
A condition characterized by an abnormally small output of urine.
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Optokinetic nystagmus
Eye movements characterized by a series of smooth movements in the same direction of a moving visual scence interspersed with rapid movements in the opposite direction.
Optomotor response
The turning response of an animal presented with uniform flow of optic texture in the direction which minimizes rate of flow relative to the animal.
Orientation columns
The primary visual cortex (V1) is organized into narrow columns (from pial surface to white matter) containing cells with almost identically the same orientation preferences.
Oreintation selectivity
Cells which have oriented receptive fields, responding more for some orientations than others.
Outer segment
Portion of the photoreceptor cell that contains photopigment.
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Osteoma
Tumor of bone.
Osteomyelitis
Inflammation of bone.
Object relations
The emotional bonds between one person and another, as contrasted with interest in and love for the self; usually described in terms of capacity for loving and reacting appropriately to others. Melanie Klein is generally credited with founding the British object-relations school.
Obsession
Recurrent and persistent thought, impulse, or image experienced as intrusive and distressing. Recognized as being excessive and unreasonable even though it is the product of one's mind. This thought, impulse, or image cannot be expunged by logic or reasoning.
Oedipal stage
Overlapping some with the phallic stage, this phase (ages 4 to 6) represents a time of inevitable conflict between the child and parents. The child must desexualize the relationship to both parents in order to retain affectionate kinship with both of them. The process is accomplished by the internalization of the images of both parents, thereby giving more definite shape to the child's personality. With this internalization largely completed, the regulation of self-esteem and moral behavior comes from within.
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