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Organopexia, Organopexy (or - gan - o - peks / - e-ah, or- 

 gan-o-peks'-e) [opjaior, organ ; T^rj^ic, a fixing in]. 

 The surgical fixation of a misplaced organ. 



Organosol (or-gan'-os-ol). A proprietary preparation 

 of colloidal silver with an organic solvent ; used in 

 gonorrhea. 



Orizabin (o-riz'-ab-in). See Jalapin (Illus. Diet.). 



Ormosin (or'-mo-zin). A crystalline alkaloid from the 

 seeds of Ormosia dasycarpa. Jacks., a leguminous tree 

 of South America ; soluble in alcohol and chloroform ; 

 melts at 8o° C. It is hypnotic, sedative, and narcotic. 

 The hydrochlorid is also used. 



Ornamentum (or-na- men* -turn) [ornare, to adorn]. 

 An ornament. O. foliaceum. See Morsus diaboli 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Orotherapy. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. See Orrhotherapy. 



Oroxylin i o-roks'-il-in). An acrid principle occurring in 

 yellow crystals isolated by Xaylor and Chaplin from 

 the bark of Oroxylon indicum. 



Oroxylon (o-roks'-il-on) \opoq, mountain ; $v/.ov, wood]. 

 A genus of the Bignouiacece. O. indicum, Vent., 

 indigenous to tropical Asia. The root-bark is tonic 

 and astringent and a powerful sudorific. The leaves 

 are applied to ulcers. It contains catalpin and oroxylm. 



Orphol [or^-fol). See Bismuth S-naphtholate. 



Orpiment. (See Illus. Diet.) O., Red. See Arsenic 

 Disulfid. 



Orrhodermatosis {or-o-dur-mat-(/ -sis). See Seroder- 

 matosis (Illus. Diet.). 



Orrhodermitis (or-o-dur-mi' -tis). See Serodermitis 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Orrhotherapy (or-o-ther^-a-pe) [o'p'poc, serum; Oeparreia, 

 therapy]. I. The treatment of diseases by the injec- 

 tion of sterilized blood-serum from immune animals ; 

 serum therapy. 2. See Orotherapy (Illus. Diet.). 



Orthobromophenol (or tho-bro-mo-fe' '-no!). See Bro- 

 mophenol. 



Orthochlorphenol (or-tho-klor* '-fe-nol). See Chlor- 

 pkenot (Illus. Diet.). 



Orthocresalol. See Gesalol (Illus. Diet. ). 



Orthodiagram (or-tho-di* '-iih-gram). The record made 

 by an orthodiagraph. 



Orthodiagraph (or-tho-di' -ah-graf) \bpOoc, straight ; 

 dia, through; ypdptiv, to write]. A radiographic appa- 

 ratus devised by Moritz of Munich which records accu- 

 rately and quickly the dimension, form, and position 

 of internal organs of the body or the location of foreign 

 bodies 

 hodiographjL, (or-tho- ti-og / -rafe). The mode of 

 letermining by the aid of the Rontgen rays the exact 

 limensions of an internal organ by the shadow which 

 it throws u[K>n the fluorescent screen. 

 ;hoform ( or> -tho-form ). C g H,( OH ) ( NH,)- 

 COOHj . A white, crystalline, odorless, tasteless 

 iwder, slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol 

 or ether ; used as a local anesthetic and antiseptic and 

 internally in cancer of the stomach. Dose, 7)4~ l S S r - 

 (0.5-1 gm.1. Syn., Methylparaamido-metaoxybenzoate. 

 O. Emulsion, orthoform, 25 parts, in olive oil. 100 

 parts. It is recommended in subcutaneous injection in 

 laryngeal tuberculosis. O., New, meta-amido-para- 

 >xy benzoic-methyl ester — a cheaper product used as 

 the original orthoform. 



Oogenesis (or-tho-jen' '-e-sis) \bpdo<-, straight; yewav, 

 to produce]. A term proposed by Eimer for definite 

 variations. . 



:homonobromphenol (or-tho-mon-o-brom-fc'-nol). 

 See Brornphenol. 



^monochlorphenol ( or- tho-mon-o-klor' '-fe-nol). 

 See Monochlorphenol ( Illus. Diet.), 

 thophoria. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Normal balance 

 of the eve muscles. 



Orthoplasy (or* -tho-plaz-e) \bp66c, straight; x/aotc, a 

 forming, moulding]. The directive or determining 

 influence of organic selection in evolution. 



Orthorachic, Orthorrhachic (or-tho-rak / -ik) [optiov, 

 straight; pa^/c, the spine]. Having a straight back- 

 bone. Cf. Kurtorrhacic , Aoilrachic, Ensel/ure. 



Orthosiphonin (or-tho-si' -foii-in). A crystalline glu- 

 cosid found by Van Itallie in Orthosiphon statnineus, 

 Benth. 



Orthotolylacetamid (or-tho-tol-il-as-el / -am-id). See 

 A celorth otoluid. 



Os. (See Illus. Diet. ) O. acetabuli. See Bone, Coty- 

 loid. O. acromiale, the acromion when not united 

 to the scapula. O. alaeforme, the sphenoid bone. 

 C. alare, O. alatum, the sphenoid bone and ali- 

 sphenoid bone. O. ballistae, the astragalus. O. 

 brachii, the humerus Ossa bregmatis, the parietal 

 bones. O. calamo simile, the styloid process of the 

 temporal bone. O. calcis, the heel-bone; calcaneum. 

 O. calvae. See Calvaria i Illus. Diet.). O. carpale 

 primum, the trapezium. O. carpale quartum, the 

 unciform bone. O. carpale secundum, the trapezoid 

 bone. O. carpale tertium, O. carpi magnum. 

 See 0. magnum in Taile of Bones (Illus. Diet). O. 

 carpi centrale, an anomalous roundish or triangular 

 ossicle lying between the scaphoid bone, the trapezoid 

 bone, and the os magnum. O. carpi intermedium, 

 the semilunar bone. O. clunium, the sacrum. O. 

 coliforme, the ethmoid bone. O. cordis, heart bone, 

 an ossification found, at the base of the heart in the 

 ox, camel, pig, giraffe, sheep, horse, and deer. In 

 folk-medicine great therapeutic properties were attrib- 

 uted to that obtained from the stag. O. coronale, 

 the frontal bone. Ossa Cortesii. See Ossicles, 

 Riolan ' s. O. crotaphiticum, the temporal bone. 

 O. cubitale, the cuneiform bone of the wrist. O. 

 epactale proprium. See Bone cf the Incas. 

 Ossa epactalia. the Wormian bones. O. furca- 

 torium, O. furcatum, O. furculare, the clavicle. 

 O. hamatum, the unciform bone. O. Incae. See 

 Bone of the Incas. Ossa intercalaria, the Wormian 

 bones. O. japonicum, the divided malar bone, a 

 racial characteristic of the Japanese. O. jugale, O. 

 jugamentum, the malar bone. O. juguli, the clavicle. 

 O. lentifonne. See Bone, Pisiform (Illus. Diet.). 

 O. multangulum majus, the trapezium. O. mul- 

 tangulum minus, the trapezoid bone. O. multi- 

 forme, the sphenoid bone. O. naviculare, the sca- 

 phoid bone. O. crbiculare. I. The orbicular bone. 

 2. The pisiform bone. 3. The lenticular process of 

 the incus. O. orbiculare Sylvii, the lenticular process 

 of the incus. O. orbitale, the upper of two portions 

 into which the malar bone is sometimes divided by a 

 horizontal suture. O. paxillare, the sphenoid bone. 

 O. pectinis. the os pubis. O. pectoris, the sternum. 

 O. pedis. See Bone, Pedal. O. penis. See Bone, 

 Penial. O. praemaxillare, the intermaxillary bone. 

 O. priapi. See Bone, Penial. Ossa Riolani. See 

 Ossicles, Prolan's. O. rotundum, the pisiform bone. 

 O. scutiform. the patella. O. sedentarium. the seat 

 bone; the ischium. Ossa suprasternalia. See Car- 

 tilages, Brecht's. Ossa suturarum. the Wormian 

 bones. O. tetragonum, the parietal bone. O. tri- 

 angulare, the cuneiform bone of the wrist. O. tri- 

 gonum, an ossicle due to the separation of the ex- 

 ternal tubercle of the posterior surface of the astragalus 

 and ossification from a distinct center. O. tri- 

 quetrum, the cuneiform bone of the wrist. O. unguis. 

 See Bone, Lachrymal (Illus. Diet.). O. vespi- 

 forme, the sphenoid bone. O. ypsiloides, the hyoid 

 bone. O. zygomaticum, the malar bone. 



Os. A mouth. / (See Illus. Diet.) O. internum, 



