oophorectomy
— Noun
– English
~ surgical removal of one of both ovaries
oophoritis
— Noun
– English
~ inflammation of one or both ovaries
oophorosalpingectomy
— Noun
– English
~ surgical removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes
Oort cloud
— Noun
– English
~ (astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun
oort
— Noun
– English
~ Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)
oosphere
— Noun
– English
~ a gamete; used especially of lower plants
oospore
— Noun
– English
~ a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi
ootid
— Noun
– English
~ mature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote
op art
— Noun
– English
~ a style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s; produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolve
opacification
— Noun
– English
~ the process of becoming cloudy or opaque
opacify
— Verb
– English
~ make opaque; "The glass was opacified more greater privacy"
opacify
— Verb
– English
~ become opaque; "the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind"