O/U | Over/Under(arrangement of double barrels (shotgun)) |
O&P | Ova and Parasites |
OB/Gyn | Obstetrics/Gynecology |
OC | On centers (expressing distance between parts, for instance) |
OCAP | Out-of-Control Action Plan (quality assurance) |
OCAW | Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers (International Union) |
OCBA | o-Chlorobenzoic acid |
OCBC | o-Chlorobenzoyl chloride |
OCBN | o-Chlorobenzonitrile |
OCHS | Hydroxycorticosteroids |
OCPA | o-Chlorophenylacetic acid |
OCSC | Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center (U of Colo. and Colo State U.) |
OCT | o-Chlorotoluene |
OCTC | o-Chlorobenzotrichloride |
OD | Optical Density (= Absorbance in chemical spectrophotometry) |
OD | OverDose |
OD | Ocula dextra |
OD | Olive Drab (color commonly used for US Army equipment and clothing) |
OD | Outside Diameter |
ODP | Ozone Depleting[damaging/degrading] Potential |
OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development3 |
OEL | Operational exposure limit |
OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
OES | Optical emission spectrometry |
OFC | Optical Fiber Conference |
OGTT | Oral Glucose Tolerance Test |
OHA | Oral hypoglycemic agent |
OHL | Overhung Load |
OHSMS | Occupational Health and Safety Management System(s) |
OIT | Office of Industrial Technologies(US Dept. of Energy) |
OIT | Oxidation Induction Time |
OITDA | Optoelectronic Industry and Technology Development Ass'n. (Japan) |
OLE | Object Linking and Embedding (Microsoft Windows feature) |
OMA | Optical Multichannel Analyzer |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget (USA) |
OMPA | Octamethylpyrophosphoramide |
OMS | Organisation Mondiale de la Santé |
ONPG | o-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactosidase |
ONR | Office of Naval Research (USA) |
OOS | Out of specification |
OPAO | Open Air-Over (electric motor) |
OPCW | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
OPG | Oculoplethysmography |
OPLC | Optimum performance laminar chromatography (TLC/pressure) |
OPLC | Over-pressure liquid chromatography |
OPM | Office of Personnel Management |
OPO | Optical Parametric Oscillator |
OPPT | Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics (US EPA) |
OPS | Office of Pharmaceutical Sciences (US FDA) |
OPV | Oral poliomyelitis vaccine |
OR | Operations Research |
OR | Operating Room(surgery) |
ORA | Office of Regional Affairs (US FDA) |
ORD | Optical Rotatory Dispersion |
ORF | Open reading frame (molecular genetics) |
Orn | Ornithine |
ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratories |
OS | Ocula sinistra |
OSA | Optical Society of America |
OSHA | (US) Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
OSR | Oilseed rape(colza) |
OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
OSW | Office of Solid Waste (US EPA) |
OTA | Office of Technology Assessment(US) |
OTC | Over the counter (drug that does not require prescription) |
OTC | Over The Counter (sales of pharmaceuticals, corporate stocks) |
OTF | Optical Transfer Function |
OVG | Oberverwaltungsgericht/ Higher Administrative Court |
OVI | Organic Volatile Impurity |
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