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Oxylebius
- noun - a genus of Hexagrammidae
Oxymorons
- unknown - seemingly contradictory figures of speech
Oxyphenic
- - Pertaining to, or designating, the phenol formerly called oxyphenic acid, and now oxyphenol and pyrocatechin. See Pyrocatechin.
Oxyphenol
- - A phenol, C6H4(OH)2, produced by the distillation of catechin; called also oxyphenic acid, and now pyrocatechin.
Oxytocics
- noun - a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus
Oxytocins
- noun - hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
Oxytropis
- noun - large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal