Medical terms beginning with O

A condition in which there is a lower-than-normal bone mass or bone mineral density (the amount of bone mineral contained in a certain amount of bone).

A condition that is marked by a decrease in bone mass and density, causing bones to become fragile.

A cancer of the bone that usually affects the large bones of the arm or leg.

An operation to create an opening (a stoma) from an area inside the body to the outside.

A medicine that can be bought without a prescription (doctor's order).

A doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the ear, nose, and throat.

A measure of weight (one-sixteenth pound) and volume (one-eighth cup).

A specific result or effect that can be measured.

A patient who visits a health care facility for diagnosis or treatment without spending the night.

Having to do with the ovaries, the female reproductive glands in which the ova (eggs) are formed.

Surgery, radiation therapy, or a drug treatment to stop the functioning of the ovaries.

A condition in which cells that may become cancer form in the thin layer of tissue that covers an ovary (female reproductive gland in which eggs are made).

Cancer that forms in tissues of the ovary (one of a pair of female reproductive glands in which the ova, or eggs, are formed).

A cancer vaccine comprised of synthetic peptides corresponding to naturally-occurring peptides derived from ovarian cancer cell antigens.

Cancer that occurs in the cells on the surface of the ovary.

An abnormal mass of tissue that forms in germ (egg) cells in the ovary (female reproductive gland in which the eggs are formed).

A condition in which cells that may become cancer form in the thin layer of tissue that covers an ovary (female reproductive gland in which eggs are made).

Surgery, radiation therapy, or a drug treatment to stop the functioning of the ovaries.

One of a pair of female reproductive glands in which the ova, or eggs, are formed.

(Other name for: autologous dinitrophenyl-modified ovarian cancer vaccine)