os has definitions from the fields of zoology,anatomy,computer science,chemistry,ophthalmology
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) a mouth or mouthlike opening

Used in print

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

Botulinal toxin , for_example , is several thousand-fold more toxic by this route than when given per os .

Related terms

orifice

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[ noun ] (chemistry) a hard brittle blue-gray or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known

Related terms

metallic_element

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[ noun ] (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services

Synonyms

operating_system

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[ noun ] (zoology,ophthalmology) the left eye

Synonyms

oculus_sinister

Related terms

eye

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