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| Ophthalmic viscoelastics | Viscous and elastic substances used to restore or maintain the shape of the eye |
| Ophthalmology | The branch of medicine dealing with the eye |
| Orifice | Opening |
| Orthopaedics | The branch of surgery involved in the preservation and restoration of the musculoskeletal system |
| Orthotic | An orthopedic appliance or apparatus used to support, align, prevent or correct deformities or to improve the function of movable parts of the body |
| Osteoarthritis | A disease of the joint cartilage and underlying bone, which may cause pain and impair joint function |
| Osteolysis | A dissolution of the organic matrix of bone resulting in destruction |
| Overtube | A hollow tube of sufficient diameter to fit over an endoscope, used to extract sharp or pointed foreign bodies |
| Oxygen concentrator | A device that produces a high concentration of oxygen (85% to 95%) at clinically useful flow rates (up to 5 L/min) by physical separation of oxygen from ambient air. Oxygen concentrators are commonly used in home healthcare and occasionally in general anesthesia |
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