OLFACTORIUM
noun. an examination chamber designed for concise and accurate gauging of olfactory operations, particularly odor sensitivity. The very controlled odor…
OLFACTORY TRACT
a strip of nerve fibers which starts in the olfactory bulb and continues in reverse along the bottom side of…
OMNIBUS TEST
a statistical examination of magnitude wherein at least three conditions are contrasted at the same time or wherein there are…
ONE-SIDED MESSAGE
a message consisting of arguments which solely advocate one side of a problem. It is compared with a two-sided message,…
ONTOGENETIC FALLACY
postulated by American sociologist Sale Dannefer, the false presumption that anything which appears like a typical trend or pattern of…
OPEN MARRIAGE I
a marriage wherein both partners permit and urge one another to develop and change over time. 2. a marital arrangement…
OPEN-LOOP SYSTEM
1. a system which necessitates continual exterior inputs, as opposed to one which constantly recycles the original input. 2. a…
OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS
examination of the decision-making procedures comprised in the achievement of involved jobs. Typically, the jobs consist of the tracing of…
OPIOID RECEPTOR
a receptor which binds opioids Opioid receptors are broadly dispersed within the brain, spinal cord, and periphery.
OPTICAL SCANNER
1. a gadget for analyzing minimal or isolated regions by way of projected or reflected light. It is utilized in…
OPTOKINETIC EFFECT 1
any of a wide category of perceptual and motor reactions to moving of the eyes. 2. the motions of the…
ORAL-AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, a kind of character stemming from obsessive focus at the oral-biting stage of the oral…
ORDER-OF-MERIT RANKING, MERIT RATING
an analysis of a person's performance at a specific job.
ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROMES
in the DSM-III, a set of illnesses or dysfunctions, consisting of amnestic disorder, organic character syndrome, dementia, delirium, and organic…
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
a precise trend of thought and actions shared by people belonging to the same establishment and shown in their language,…
ORGANUM VASCULOSUM OF THE LAMINA TERMINALIS
(OVLT) one of the circumventricular organs wherein the blood-brain barrier isn't strong, allowing neurons there to oversee compounds in the…
ORNITHINEMIA
excessive ornithine in the bloodstream, potentially because of a natural error of amino acid metabolism or because of liver illness.