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OBITUARY: A final summation of our
lives that, for most of us, occupies about three inches of space in what will
shortly become cage liner for your neighbor's parakeet.
OBSTETRICIAN: Labor supervisor.
OBTUNDATION is the act of dulling
sensitivity or soothing pain.
OLD: Gerentologically advanced.
OLEANOLIC ACID is a triterpene acid
found in centaury, cloves, and other plants.
OLEIC ACID is a fatty acid found in
almonds, angelica, and other foods and herbs. It is virtually nontoxic.
OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS include
a-linolenic acid (18:3), eicosapentaenoic acid, (20:5) docosapentaenoic acid
(22:5), and docosahexaenoic acid (22:6).
OMEGA-6 FATTY ACIDS include linoleic
acid (18:2), linolenic acid (18:3), dihomolinolenic acid (20:3), arachidonic
acid (20:4), adrenic acid (22:4) and docosapentaenoic acid (22:5).
ORIENTIN is a flavone found in many
plants, including buckwheat, arrowroot and passion flower.
ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST: Marrow-minded
physician.
OSMOSIS is the passage of a pure
solvent through a semipermeable membrane, such that fluid flows from the side
of lower solute concentration to the side of higher solute concentration.
OXALIC ACID is a plant acid found in
alfalfa, angelica, black haw bark, and rhubarb. Oxalic acid is extremely
toxic.
OXYACANTHINE is an alkaloid found in
barberry and other sources. Oxyacanthine has shown antibacterial properties: a
1% solution of oxyacanthine is enough to kill strains of bacillus subtilis and
colpodium colpods. |
