Title: O
Course: Glossary

O

Objective - ዕላማ

The intended impact or effect of the work you are doing, or the specific change that you want to see.

ሓደ ነገር ብምስራሕኻ ክትርእዮ እትደሊ ውፂኢት ወይ ድማ ለውጢ

Observation - ትዕዝብቲ

An act of noticing or perceiving.

ሓደ ነገር ንምረዳእ እትገብሮ ከይዲ ትዕዝብቲ

Obstruction - ምዕጋት ወይ ድማ ምዕፃው

A condition of being blocked or clogged. An obstructed gut is a medical emergency.

ኩነታት ምዕጋት ወይ ድማ ምዕፃው ንኣብነት ማዓንጣ ደቂ ሰባት ክዕፆ ወይ ድማ ክሕተም ከሎ ጊዜ ዘይህብ ሃንደበታዊ ሕማም እዩ

Occipito-posterior - ኣብ ጊዜ ወሊድ ዳሕረዋይ ሸኾና ርእሲ ናይተ ዕሸል ንድሕሪት መዳይ ኣብ ጎሎ ክመፅእ ከሎ

This is the most common malposition where the baby's head initially engages normally but then the occiput rotates posteriorly rather than anteriorly. A baby that presents in the occipito-posterior position may encounter more difficulties during delivery.

ኣብ ጊዜ ወሊድ ዳሕረዋይ ሸኾና ርእሲ ናይተ ዕሸል ንድሕሪት መዳይ ኣብ ጎሎ ክመፅእ ከሎ

Occiput - ዳሕረዋይ ሸኾና ርእሲ

The point at the back of the fetal skull, which is lying in the anterior position, that is, towards the front of the mother's pelvis, where the two pubic bones are fused together.

ዳሕረዋይ ሸኾና ርእሲ

Oedema - ምድንባው ወይ ድማ ሕብጠት

Swelling due to collection of fluid in the tissues.

ብሰንኪ ምውህላል ፈሳሲ ኣብ ሰውነትና ዝፍጠር ሕብጠት

Ointment - ዝቅባእ ነገር

A salve or lotion to use on the skin.

ሎሽን ወይ ድማ ካሊእ ነገር ኮይኑ ሰውነትና ንምቅባእ እንጥቀመሉ ነገር ማለት እዩ

Onchocerciasis - ኦንኮስርኪያስስ

A parasitic vector-borne disease caused by a worm that affects the skin, lymph nodes and the eyes of infected people. It is also called river blindness.

ብነፍሳት ዝመሓላለፍ ሕማም ኰይኑ መንሲኤኡ ድማ ፅግዕተኛ ተህዋስ እዩ ዘጥቀዖ ኣካል ድማ ቆርበት ፅክታት ክምእዉን ዓይኒ ይጎድእ ሪቨር ብላይንድነስ ውን ይበሃል

Ophtalmic - ዓይኒ

Of the eye.

ዓይኒ

Oral - ብኣፍ

By mouth. An oral medicine is one taken by mouth.

ብኣፍ ዝወስድ ማለት እዩ ኘኣብነት፡ መድሓኒት

Organ - ኣካል ሰብነት

A part of the body that is more or less complete in itself and does a specific job. For example, the lungs are organs for breathing.

ኣካል ሰውነት ኮይኑ ምሉእነት ሃሊይዎ ባዕሉ ኪኢሉ ዝተወሰነ ስራሕቲ ዝርሕ ኣካል ማለት እዩ

Organise - ምድርጃው

Arrange in an orderly or systematic way.

ብመስርዕ ወይ ድማ ብጥበብ ምድርጃው ማለት እዩ

Organism - ህይወት ዘለዎ ነገር

Living things (animals or plants).

ህይወት ዘለዎ ነገር ኮይኑ እንስሳትን ኣትክልትን የጠቃልል

ORS - ኦ ኣር ኤስ

Oral rehydration salts (ORS) are used to prevent or treat dehydration. It is a packet containing sugar and salts in the correct amounts, which the caregiver dissolves in clean drinking water.

ኦ ኣር ስ ማለት ብዓቀን ዝተሓወሰ ሕዋስ ጨውን ሽኮርን ኮይኑ ውፀኣት ንምሕካም ዘጠቅም ንጥረ ነገር ማለት እዩ

Osteoporosis - ኦስትዮፖሮሲስ ወይ ድማ ርቀት ኣዕፅምቲ ደቂ ሰባት እዩ

Softening of the bones due to reduction in the concentration of calcium in the bone. This condition is more common in older persons.

ኦስትዮፖሮሲስ ማለት ብሰንኪ ዋሕዲ ካልሽየም ዝመፅእ ርቀት ኣዕፅምቲ ደቂ ሰባት እዩ

Outbreak - ለበዳ

A sudden breaking out or occurrence e.g. of a disease/epidemic.

በድንገት ዝመፅእ ሕማም ለበዳ እዩ

Ovaries - ኦቫሪ ማለት ኣካል ማህፀን እዩ

Small sacs in a woman's belly next to her womb. They produce the eggs that join with a man's sperm to make a baby.

ክፋል ማህፀን ኣዴታት ኮይኑ እንቆቅሖ ወይ ድማ ዘርኢ ጋል ኣነስተይቲ ንምፍራይ ዝጠቅም ኣካል እዩ

Overdose - ካብ ዓቀን ንላዕሊ

To take more than the recommended dose of a drug.

መድሓኒት ካብ ዓቀን ንላዕሊ ምሳድ ማለት እዩ

Ovulation - ኦቭሌሽን

The release of a mature ovum from the ovary.

ዝበፀሐ እንቆቅሖ ካብ ኦቫሪ ክወፅእ ከሎ ማለት እዩ

Oxytocin - ኦክሲቶሲን

The recommended uterotonic drug to induce labor and to control postnatal hemorrhage.

ሕርሲ ንምጀማርን ድሕሪ ወሊድ ንዘጋጥም መድመይቲ ንምክልኻልን ዝወሃብ መድሓኒት እዩ፡፡