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*'''O-antigen''' - part of a lipopolysaccharide, oligosaccharide, used to differentiate between different species of gram-negative bacteria
 
*'''Obligatory parasite''' - Parasitic for part of its life cycle
 
*'''Obligatory parasite''' - Parasitic for part of its life cycle
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*'''Oligodentrocyte''' - a specialised glial cell of the central nervous system responsible for producing the myelin sheaths found around the neurons
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*'''Opportunistic pathogen''' - a commensal pathogen that does not cause disease unless the hosts immune sytem is compromised
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*'''Opsonization''' - the process by which a pathogen is marked for ingestion and destruction by a phagocyte usually involving IgG as well as complement factors
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*'''Osborndale Ivanhoe''' - name of the bull in which the BLAD mutation was first identified. He lived in the 1950's in the USA
 
*'''Osmolality''' - Number of osmoles of solute per kilo of solvent
 
*'''Osmolality''' - Number of osmoles of solute per kilo of solvent
 
*[[Introduction to Fluid Movement - Physiology#Osmolarity|'''Osmolarity''']] - Number of osmoles of solute per litre of solutions
 
*[[Introduction to Fluid Movement - Physiology#Osmolarity|'''Osmolarity''']] - Number of osmoles of solute per litre of solutions
 
*'''Osmole''' - It is a non-SI unit which represents the number of moles of a chemical compound which  
 
*'''Osmole''' - It is a non-SI unit which represents the number of moles of a chemical compound which  
 
*[[Osmosis and Filtration - Anatomy & Physiology|'''Osmosis''']] - The passive transport of water across a semi-permeable membrane
 
*[[Osmosis and Filtration - Anatomy & Physiology|'''Osmosis''']] - The passive transport of water across a semi-permeable membrane
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*'''Osteoclast''' - subpopulation of mononuclear phagocytes, whose main function is the resorbtion of calcified bone
 
*'''Ouchterlony double immuno diffusion''' - A method of diffusing antigen and antibody in a gel to observe precipitation between the two, considered the gold standart for the detection of extractable nuclear antigens (ENAs). Also known as '''agar gel immunodiffusion'''
 
*'''Ouchterlony double immuno diffusion''' - A method of diffusing antigen and antibody in a gel to observe precipitation between the two, considered the gold standart for the detection of extractable nuclear antigens (ENAs). Also known as '''agar gel immunodiffusion'''
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*'''Oxidative burst''' - caused by the NAD(P)H oxydase, as a sequence of reactions that result in a series of reactive oxygen molecules
    
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