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orthopantomograph [orthopantomograph 词源字典]: "A trademark for: an instrument for performing orthopantomography", 1950s. From ortho- + pantomograph. Compare orthopantomogram, orthopantomography.[orthopantomograph etymology, orthopantomograph origin, 英语词源]
oliva: " Zoology (In form Oliva) a genus of marine gastropod molluscs of the family Olividae, characterized by glossy cylindrical shells; (also oliva; more fully oliva shell) a member of this genus; an olive shell", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Ovula: "A genus of gastropod molluscs related to the cowries (family Ovulidae), native especially to the tropical Pacific Ocean, some species of which have a pure white oval shell; (also ovula) a member of this genus. Chiefly attributive in ovula shell", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From scientific Latin Ovula, genus name from post-classical Latin ovulum.
off-bear: "To bear (something) off; specifically to carry (newly moulded bricks) away from the moulding machine or table; to carry (wood, etc.) away from a saw or machine. Also without object with passive meaning", Mid 19th cent. From off- + bear. Compare off-bearer.
ornis: "The birds of a region collectively; = avifauna", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Ibis: a quarterly journal of ornithology. From German Ornis from ancient Greek ὄρνις bird.
ovicide (1): "The killing of sheep", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, critic, and philosopher. From ovi- + -cide.
ovicide (2): "An agent that kills or destroys eggs or ova, especially those of insects, mites, or other pests or parasites", 1920s. From ovi- + -cide, after ovicidal.
ovicide (3): "The killing or destroying of eggs or ova", 1980s. From ovi- + -cide. Compare earlier ovicide.
odograph: "A device for automatically recording the course of a vehicle. Also (in early use): an instrument for measuring the length of stride of a person, animal, etc., and the number of paces taken", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From French odographe (Étienne-Jules Marey, 1878) from ancient Greek ὁδός way + French -graphe.
opinionable: "= opinable. Also as noun: an object of opinion", Late 15th cent.; earliest use found in George Ripley (d. c1490), alchemist and Augustinian canon. From opinion + -able.
out-eat: "To surpass in eating, eat more than", Mid 16th cent.; earliest use found in John Palsgrave (d. 1554), teacher and scholar of languages. From out- + eat.
oblivescence: "= obliviscence", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in William James (1842–1910), philosopher and psychologist. Alteration of obliviscence after -escence.
over-lusty: "Too lusty, excessively lusty", Late 15th cent. From over- + lusty.
orchitis: "Inflammation of one or both of the testicles", Late 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek orkhis 'testicle' + -itis.
octet: "A group of eight people or things, in particular", Mid 19th century: from Italian ottetto or German Oktett, on the pattern of duet and quartet.
oscillometer: " Medicine . Any of various instruments used to measure physiological oscillations, specifically in blood pressure", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Scientific American. From oscillo- + -meter.
os (1): "A bone (used chiefly in Latin names of individual bones, e.g. os trapezium)", Latin.
os (2): "An opening or entrance to a passage, especially one at either end of the cervix of the womb", Mid 18th century: from Latin, 'mouth'.
olid: "Smelling extremely unpleasant", Late 17th century: from Latin olidus 'smelling', from olere 'to smell'.
ostiary: "A doorkeeper, especially of a church; specifically a member of the lowest of the four lesser orders in the pre-Reformation Western Church, and later in the Roman Catholic Church. Now historical", Late 15th cent.; earliest use found in Higden's Polychronicon. From classical Latin ōstiārius ostiarius; compare -ary.