| COLONOSCOPES | • colonoscopes n. Plural of colonoscope. • COLONOSCOPE n. a flexible viewing instrument passed into the colon through the anus. |
| HOMOEOMORPHS | • homœomorphs n. Plural of homœomorph. • HOMOEOMORPH n. a thing similar in form from another but essentially different, also HOMEOMORPH. |
| HOMOEOMORPHY | • homœomorphy n. Obsolete form of homoeomorphy. • HOMOEOMORPHY n. the state of being homoeomorphy. |
| ODONTOPHORES | • odontophores n. Plural of odontophore. • ODONTOPHORE n. the rasping apparatus in molluscs. |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | • onomatopoeia n. (Uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents. • onomatopoeia n. (Countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle," "stutter," or "hiss". • onomatopoeia n. (Uncountable, rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names. |
| ONOMATOPOEIC | • onomatopoeic adj. Of or relating to onomatopoeia. • onomatopoeic adj. Having the property of onomatopoeia. • onomatopœic adj. Alternative spelling of onomatopoeic. |
| OOPHORECTOMY | • oophorectomy n. (Medicine) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries. • oöphorectomy n. Alternative spelling of oophorectomy. • OOPHORECTOMY n. the operation of removing one or both of the ovaries, aka ovariotomy. |
| OSTEOPOROSES | • osteoporoses n. Plural of osteoporosis. • OSTEOPOROSIS n. development of a porous structure in bone due to loss of calcium, resulting in brittleness. |
| OSTEOPOROSIS | • osteoporosis n. (Pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become… • OSTEOPOROSIS n. development of a porous structure in bone due to loss of calcium, resulting in brittleness. |
| OSTEOPOROTIC | • osteoporotic adj. Relating to osteoporosis. • OSTEOPOROTIC adj. relating to osteoporosis. |
| PALEOZOOLOGY | • paleozoology n. (Zoology) The branch of zoology dealing with fossils, and the creatures that were transformed into them. • PALEOZOOLOGY n. the study of fossil animals, also PALAEOZOOLOGY. |
| PHOTOCOMPOSE | • photocompose v. To use photocomposition to prepare text for printing. • PHOTOCOMPOSE v. to set (as reading matter) by photocomposition. |
| PHOTOGEOLOGY | • photogeology n. The use of aerial photography to interpret geologic features. • PHOTOGEOLOGY n. a branch of geology concerned with the identification and study of geological features through the study of aerial or orbital photographs. |
| PODOCONIOSES | • PODOCONIOSIS n. endemic elephantiasis of the lower legs. |
| POGONOTOMIES | • POGONOTOMY n. shaving. |
| PROSOPOPOEIA | • prosopopoeia n. (Rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of… • prosopopoeia n. Personification of an abstraction. • prosopopœia n. Obsolete typography of prosopopoeia. |