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obstetrication(obsolete) obstetrics or midwiferyobstupefaction(obsolete) stupefactionoctadecahedron(geometry) A polyhedron with eighteen faces.octamerisationAlternative form of octamerization.octamerizationoligomerization that forms an octamerodontopathogenA dental pathogenodorranalectin(biochemistry) A small peptide lectin with the potential for drug delivery in cubosomesoffshorization(neologism) The act of moving capital to offshore accounts, or relocating business to a foreign country with a more lenient tax regime.oligoovulationInfrequent or irregular ovulationoligoubiquitin(biochemistry) A small number of linked ubiquitin molecules, especially when formed by oligoubiquitinationomnitruncation(geometry) An operation applied to a regular polytope in a Wythoff construction that creates a maximum number of facets.oncomodulationThe modification of the course of a cancer.ontotheologianOne who studies ontotheology.ophiopojaponinA particular steroid glycoside.opisthocoelianopisthocoelousopisthocranion(anatomy) The posteriormost point in the midsagittal plane of the occiputopisthodontianAny moth of the genus OpisthodontiaopsonificationSynonym of opsonization.optimalisationAlternative form of optimalization.optimalizationAlternative form of optimization.organificationThe stabilization of a material within an organ.organohydrogen(organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to hydrogen bond.organonitrogen(organic chemistry) Describing any compound in which an organic group is directly linked to a nitrogen atomorganotungsten(organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to tungsten bond.orthoevolution(evolutionary theory, historical) orthogenesisorthoselection(evolutionary theory, historical) The hypothesis that posits that orthogenesis works by means of natural selection.oscillaxanthin(organic chemistry) A particular carotenoid.osmoadaptationadaptation to changes in osmotic pressureosmoprotection(biology) The mechanism by which the cells of an organism protect themselves against osmotic stress.osmoregulationThe homeostatic regulation of osmotic pressure in the body in order to maintain a certain water content (concentration of electrolytes, pH, etc).osseoinductionMisspelling of osteoinduction.ostariophysian(zoology) A member of the fish superorder Ostariophysi.osteoformationThe process of bone formation.osteoinduction(medicine) A biologic response in which chemical signals induce osteogenesisosteoprotegrinMisspelling of osteoprotegerin.outcompetitionThe act of outcompeting, or outdoing a rival.overabsorptionExcessive absorption.overactivationAn excessive activationoveradaptationExcessive adaptation.overaggressionexcessive aggression; overaggressivenessoveralkylation(organic chemistry) Excessive alkylationoverallocationExcess allocationoverannotation(genetics) Excessive annotationovercollectionExcessive collection, as:overcommission(uncommon) To commission to an excessive extent.overcorrectionThe correction of something to an excessive degree, usually resulting in an error in the opposite direction.overdecorationExcessive decoration.overdefinitionThe act or process of overdefining; excessive definition.overdepositionExcessive depositionoverdiscussionExcessive discussion.overdispersion(statistics) The presence of greater dispersion in a data set than would be expected according to the statistical model in use.overdistensionExcessive distensionoverdistentionexcessive distentionoverelongationExcessive elongation.overestimation(uncountable) The act of overestimating.overevaluationSynonym of overvaluation.overexcitationExcessive excitation.overexhaustionExcessive exhaustion.overexpression(genetics) The abnormal or artificial expression of a gene in increased quantityoverextractionAn excessive extractionoverfiltrationExcessive filtrationovergenerationThe generation of too much or too many of something; overproduction.overimputationExcessive imputationoverinflectionexcessive inflectionoverinhalationExcessive inhalationoverinhibitionExcessive inhibitionoverinitiationExcessive initiation (typically of a biochemical process)overiodisationAlternative spelling of overiodization.overiodizationExcessive iodizationoverionizationExcessive ionizationoverirrigationexcessive irrigationoverlitigationExcessive litigation.overmedication(medicine) Excessive medicating; overuse of medicationovermodulation(telecommunications) The condition where the instantaneous level of the modulating signal exceeds the value necessary to produce 100% modulation of the carrier, resulting in distortion.overobturation(dentistry) Excessive obturation; overfilling.overoccupationExcessive occupation; the state of being occupied by too many; overcrowding.overpersuasionexcessive persuasionoverpopulation(biology, demography) An excessive number of occupants (people, animals, plants, etc.) in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them.overprecaution(uncountable) The tendency to exercise more caution than would be necessary.overpredictionprediction that is erroneously highoverproductionThe production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold.overprojectionExcessive physical projection, typically of the tip of the nose.overproportionTo give something excessive proportionsoverpropulsionexcessive propulsionoverprotectionThe act of overprotecting.overregulationExcessive regulation: too many rules, especially misguidedly conceived ones.overrelaxation(mathematics) A technique which, when applied iteratively, can solve certain types of matrix equationoverrepetitionExcessive repetitionoverrepressionExcessive repressionoversalivation(medicine) Excessive salivation.oversaturationsupersaturation.overstarvation(rare) Severe starvation.oversupinationThe act of supinating too much.overtubulation(pathology) Excessive tubulation (of long bones)oxidoreduction(chemistry) Synonym of redox reaction.oxyanthrarufin(organic chemistry) 1,2,5-trihydroxyanthraquinoneoxybromination(organic chemistry) Simultaneous oxygenation and brominationoxyhaemocyanin(biochemistry) haemocyaninoxyhaemoglobin(biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin, loosely combined with oxygen, present in arterial and capillary blood.oxymercuration(organic chemistry) An addition reaction in which the elements of water are added across an alkene's double bond to form an alcohol; the reaction proceeds via the addition of mercuric acetate, the mercuric group being removed by reductionoxypalladation(organic chemistry) Any addition reaction in which an oxygen atom and a palladium atom are added across a double bond or triple bond (normally to form a reactive intermediate)