Oranienburg

Electromagnetic unit of resistance equal to 10-9 ohm.

Rarely used term for the involuntary production of abnormal sounds, as seen in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.

Origin

[Fr. barking, yelping]

Inflammation of the abomasum.

The fourth compartment and the glandular portion of the stomach of a ruminant.

Origin

[L. ab, from, + omasum, bullock’s tripe]

In a direction away from the mouth; opposite of orad.

Origin

[L. ab, from, + os (or-), mouth]

1. To give birth to an embryo or fetus before it is viable.

2. To arrest a disease in its earliest stages.

3. To arrest in growth or development; to cause to remain rudimentary.

4. To remove products of conception prior to viability.

Origin

[L. aborior, to fail at onset]

Syn: tubal abortion.

a loss of the systolic beat in the radial pulse through weakness of the ventricular contraction.

Syn: abortifacient.

Origin

[L. abortus,, abortion, + caedo,, to kill]

Syn: abortifacient(1).