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Oro Azul: Blanco is 100% blue agave taken from the heart (pina) of the finest agave plants.

Oropharyngeal Airway: An airway adjunct placed in the mouth to help keep the pharynx open.

Orographic Lifting: Where the flow of air is forced up and over barriers such as highlands or mountains. Moist air being forced aloft begins to cool, consequently condensation forms, and rain or snow begins to . . . View Full Definition

Osteoporosis: A disorder in which the mineral portion of bone is lost, making the bone weak and brittle; occurs most commonly in postmenopausal women.

Oxymoron: An expression impossible in fact but not necessarily self-contradictory, such as john milton's description of hell as 'darkness visible' in book i of paradise lost.

Phosphorous: A highly reactive, toxic, nonmetallic element used in steel, glass and pyrotechnics. It is almost always found in combination with other elements such as minerals or metal ores. Found in ste . . . View Full Definition

Pericoronitis: An inflammation of the gum tissue around the crown of a tooth, usually the third molar.

Orogeny: The tectonic process in which large areas are folded, thrust-faulted, metamorphosed, and subjected to plutonism. The cycle ends with uplift and the formation of mountains.

Orogenic Belt: A linear region, often a former geo-syncline, that has been subjected to folding, and other deformation in a mountain-building episode.

Meteorological Tides: Tidal constituents having their origin in the daily or seasonal variations in weather conditions which may occur with some degree of periodicity. The principal meteorological constituents re . . . View Full Definition