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Oligomer
- - A molecule composed of a small number of linked monomer units; a short polymer; -- compounds called oligomers have less than one hundred monomer units and usually less than thirty. Oligomers of increasing length are called dimer, trimer, tetramer, pentamer, hexamer, heptamer, octamer, nonamer, decamer, etc. In colloquial laboratory jargon, they may also be referred to as nine-mer, ten-mer, eleven-mer, twelve-mer, etc., especially for oligomers of greater than eight units.
Oliguria
- noun - abnormally small production of urine; can be a symptom of kidney disease or obstruction of the urinary tract or edema or an imbalance of fluids and electrolytes in the body
- production of an abnormally small amount of urine
Olivetan
- unknown - Order of Benedictine monks near Siena
Olivines
- noun - a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium
Omicrons
- noun - the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
Omission
- noun - a mistake resulting from neglect
- A person or thing that has been left out or excluded
- any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
- neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something
- Something forgotten or excluded
- something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for omissions"
Omissive
- adjective - characterized by omissions; "omissive crimes"
Omitting
- verb - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
Opianine
- - An alkaloid (C22H23NO7) found in small quantity in opium. It is identical with narcotine. It is present in amounts up to 11% in Papaver somniferum, and is used clinically as an antitussive.
Opificer
- - An artificer; a workman.