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Oblate
One of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church. There are (more...)

Oblati
Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.

Oblatum
Origin: NL. See Oblate.

Obligate
Without an alternative system or pathway.

Obligate Aerobe
An organism which cannot live or grow in the absence of oxygen.

Obligate Parasite
A parasite that cannot lead an independent nonparasitic existence, in contrast to facultative parasite.

Oblige
1. To attach, as by a bond. "He had obliged all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself." (Bacon)

Oblique
1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined. "It has a di (more...)

Oblique Amputation
Amputation in which the line of section through an extremity is at other than a right angle; this yields an oval appeara (more...)

Oblique Arytenoid
Origin, muscular process of arytenoid cartilage; insertion, summit of arytenoid cartilage of opp (more...)

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