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'''Oddi''',''' '''Ruggero. (19th centuary, no dates) Perugia physiologist;''' '''sphincter of O. (1887) = circular smooth muscle fibres at termination of bile duct, first described by Glisson, q.v. (1654) | |||
'''odontoblast''' G. ''odons '' = tooth + ''blastos '' = germ; cells which produce and maintain dentine. | |||
'''oedema''' '''(-mata)''' G. ''oidema '' = swelling; excessive accumulation of fluid in tissue spaces. | |||
'''oesophagus''' G. ''oiso '' = future of ''phero '' = I carry + ''pahgein '' = to eat; G. ''oisophagos '' = gullet, or tube carrying food from pharynx to stomach. | |||
'''oligodendrocyte''' G. ''oligos '' = a little + ''dendron '' = tree + ''kytos '' = hollow vessel; a type of glial cell with few processes, responsible for making myelin sheaths in the central nervous system (del Hortega, 1921); cf. Schwann cell. | |||
'''oncocyte '''G. ''oncos '' = mass + ''kytos '' = hollow vessel; solitary large glandular cell. | |||
'''oocyte''' G. '' öon '' = egg + ''kytos '' = hollow vessel (cell); germ cell in ovary. | |||
'''oolemma '''G. ''öon ''= egg + ''lemma '' = sheath; the zona pellucida, q.v. | |||
'''ora serrata''' L. ''ora '' = sea-shore, extremity of something + ''serra '' = saw; notched anterior border of neural part of retina. | |||
'''oral '''adj. L. ''os, oris '' = mouth; e.g. ''os uteri ''. | |||
'''orbicularis oculi''' L. ''orbiculus '' = small circle, dim. L. ''orbis '' = a circle + ''oculus '' = eye; muscle around eye. | |||
'''orbicularis oris''' L. " + ''oris '' = of a mouth; muscle around mouth. | |||
'''organelle''' dim. of G. ''organon '' = a living part of body with special function, hence a little body; an intracellular component, e.g., a mitochondrion. | |||
'''orthochromatophilic''' G. ''ortho '' = straight, correct + ''chroma '' = colour + ''philein '' = to love; of a type of erythroblast with a normal staining reaction for haemoglobin. | |||
'''os '''L. '' os, ossis '' = a bone, e.g. ''os innominatum ''. | |||
'''osmium tetroxide''' chemical staining lipids black. | |||
'''ossicle '''L. ''ossiculum '' = a little bone, dim. L. ''os ''. | |||
'''ossification''' L. ''os '' = bone + ''facere '' = to make. | |||
'''osteoblast''' G. ''osteon '' = bone + ''blastos '' = germ; immature bone-producing cell. | |||
'''osteoclast''' G. " + ''klan '' = to break; multinucleated bone cell that can reabsorp bone. | |||
'''osteocyte''' G. " + ''kytos '' = hollow vessel, cell; mature bone cell. | |||
'''osteogenic '''adj.''' '''G. " + ''gennan '' = to produce; of cells and conditions leading to ossification. | |||
'''osteoid''' G. " + ''-oeides '' = of the form of; uncalcified, organic extracellular matrix of immature bone laid down by osteoblasts. | |||
'''osteon''' G. = bone; system of concentric bony lamellae surrounding a canal containing nerves, blood vessels, etc.; cf. Havers. | |||
'''ostium '''L. = a door. | |||
'''otolith''' G. ''otikos '' = of the ear (G. ''ous '' = the ear) + ''lithos '' = stone; cystals embedded in mucus of maculae of utricle and saccule. | |||
'''ovary '''L. ''ovum '' = egg, L. ''ovarius '' = a skilled and respected slave who looked after chickens and their eggs; the female gonad (Stensen, 1667). NB. " ''ovarium ''" is not Latin. | |||
'''oviduct '''L. ''ovum '' = egg + ''ductus '' = a path; salpinx; uterine tube; cf. Fallopius. | |||
'''ovum '''L. = an egg; oocyte. | |||
'''oxyntic '''adj.''' '''G. ''oxyntos '' = making acid; parietal cells in gastric mucosa. | |||
'''oxyphil''' G. ''oxys ''= sour, sharp + ''philein '' = to love; staining readily with acidic dyes. | |||
'''oxytocin''' G. ''oxys '' = sharp, swift + ''tokos '' = childbirth; a hormone producing strong contractions of the uterine muscle. | |||
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A Glossary of Histological and Micro-Anatomical Terms
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Oddi, Ruggero. (19th centuary, no dates) Perugia physiologist; sphincter of O. (1887) = circular smooth muscle fibres at termination of bile duct, first described by Glisson, q.v. (1654)
odontoblast G. odons = tooth + blastos = germ; cells which produce and maintain dentine.
oedema (-mata) G. oidema = swelling; excessive accumulation of fluid in tissue spaces.
oesophagus G. oiso = future of phero = I carry + pahgein = to eat; G. oisophagos = gullet, or tube carrying food from pharynx to stomach.
oligodendrocyte G. oligos = a little + dendron = tree + kytos = hollow vessel; a type of glial cell with few processes, responsible for making myelin sheaths in the central nervous system (del Hortega, 1921); cf. Schwann cell.
oncocyte G. oncos = mass + kytos = hollow vessel; solitary large glandular cell.
oocyte G. öon = egg + kytos = hollow vessel (cell); germ cell in ovary.
oolemma G. öon = egg + lemma = sheath; the zona pellucida, q.v.
ora serrata L. ora = sea-shore, extremity of something + serra = saw; notched anterior border of neural part of retina.
oral adj. L. os, oris = mouth; e.g. os uteri .
orbicularis oculi L. orbiculus = small circle, dim. L. orbis = a circle + oculus = eye; muscle around eye.
orbicularis oris L. " + oris = of a mouth; muscle around mouth.
organelle dim. of G. organon = a living part of body with special function, hence a little body; an intracellular component, e.g., a mitochondrion.
orthochromatophilic G. ortho = straight, correct + chroma = colour + philein = to love; of a type of erythroblast with a normal staining reaction for haemoglobin.
os L. os, ossis = a bone, e.g. os innominatum .
osmium tetroxide chemical staining lipids black.
ossicle L. ossiculum = a little bone, dim. L. os .
ossification L. os = bone + facere = to make.
osteoblast G. osteon = bone + blastos = germ; immature bone-producing cell.
osteoclast G. " + klan = to break; multinucleated bone cell that can reabsorp bone.
osteocyte G. " + kytos = hollow vessel, cell; mature bone cell.
osteogenic adj. G. " + gennan = to produce; of cells and conditions leading to ossification.
osteoid G. " + -oeides = of the form of; uncalcified, organic extracellular matrix of immature bone laid down by osteoblasts.
osteon G. = bone; system of concentric bony lamellae surrounding a canal containing nerves, blood vessels, etc.; cf. Havers.
ostium L. = a door.
otolith G. otikos = of the ear (G. ous = the ear) + lithos = stone; cystals embedded in mucus of maculae of utricle and saccule.
ovary L. ovum = egg, L. ovarius = a skilled and respected slave who looked after chickens and their eggs; the female gonad (Stensen, 1667). NB. " ovarium " is not Latin.
oviduct L. ovum = egg + ductus = a path; salpinx; uterine tube; cf. Fallopius.
ovum L. = an egg; oocyte.
oxyntic adj. G. oxyntos = making acid; parietal cells in gastric mucosa.
oxyphil G. oxys = sour, sharp + philein = to love; staining readily with acidic dyes.
oxytocin G. oxys = sharp, swift + tokos = childbirth; a hormone producing strong contractions of the uterine muscle.
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