OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE
a distinctive pattern of thought and actions shared by members of the same profession and showed in their language, morals,…
OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS
a nucleus in the brainstem which is correlated with either of the occulomotor nerves.
OFF-CENTER GANGLION CELL
a retinal ganglion cell which is hindered by light in the core of its receptive region but is aroused by…
OLFACTORY RECEPTOR
a spindle-shaped receptor cell in the olfactory epithelium of the nasal cavity which is sensitive to odorants. Cilia at the…
ONEIROMANCY
noun. the concept or practice of determining predictions of the future from dreams.
ONSET OF ACTION
the place at which the operations of a drug is obvious, typically gauged with regard to the time passed between…
OPEN-CLASSROOM METHOD
an educational system wherein teaching is unofficially constructed, frequently with an emphasis on individualized guidance or utilization of the open-classroom…
OPERANT PARADIGM
1. the experimental arrangement of a contingency between a consequence and operant response. 2. more commonly, the presumption that a…
OPIOID ANTAGONIST
an agent which acts as an antagonist at opioid receptors. Typically, opioid antagonists are synthetic sub=products of morphine which, as…
OPPORTUNISTIC SAMPLING
the choosing of participants or other sampling factors for an experiment or questionnaire essentially because they're readily available.
OPTICAL DEFECT
any state of the eye which hinders rays of light from centering one's vision appropriately upon the retina.
OPTIMALITY THEORY
any of several varied ideas established to figure out the constructs or behavior which best deal with specific troubles encountered…
ORDER STATISTIC
a statistic based solely on the location of an observation within a group of such.
ORGAN OF CORTI
postulated by Italian anatomist Alfonso Corti, a specialized construct which resides upon the basilar membrane within the cochlea inside the…