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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

ORGANICITY

noun. a former word for brain injury or malfunction.

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.

ORTHOKINESIS

an acceleration or deceleration in the speed or rate of occurrence of motion, specifically regarding accelerations or decelerations in arousal.

OSMOLARITY

noun. the concentration of an osmotic mixture, gauged in osmoles per liter of the mixture.

OTHER PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDERS

the DSM-III assignment for what DSM-IV-TR denotes as being carnal disorder not otherwise specified.

OUTCOME

noun. 1. the outcome of an experiment, remediation, interaction, or any other occurrence, for instance, a client's state following psychotherapy.

OUTING

noun. exposed one's own or another individual

OVERANXIOUS DISORDER OF CHILDHOOD

generalized and continual fear or worry which takes place in childhood. In the DSM-IV-TR, is now categorized as generalized anxiety

OVERINCLUSION

noun. failure of a person to remove non-successful or improper reactions correlated with a specific stimulant.

OVERSHOOT

noun. the part of an action potential which symbolizes the phase whenever the membrane potential is temporarily depolarized relative to

OXAZEPAM

a short-acting benzodiazepine which is the last active product of diazepam's metabolism. U.S. brand name: Serax.

OBJECT FETISH

carnal interest and arousal centered upon a specific object. Common targets of such attention are feet, shoes, and underclothing, but

OBJECTIVE EXAMINATION

an analysis wherein subjective decisions don't play a part in scoring. In contrast, an essay test is a subjective test.

OBLIGATE CARRIER

a person whose mother/father and youth, or whose monozygotic twin possesses a specific inherited mutation, indicating that the person must

OBSERVING RESPONSE

behavior which results in the arrangement or clarification of discriminative stimulants.

OCCIPITAL LOBE

within each cerebral hemisphere, it is the very most posterior lobe which is correlated with the visual sense.