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- Obesity
- the condition of having more weight than is best. What is best is less easy to determine. At a gross level, insurance company records can define obesity, or increased understanding of optimum levels of fat can define them. Fashion is the least sensible source of a standard for the proper level of fat in a person.
- Obstetrician
- a physician specializing in pregnancy and delivery of children.
- OGTT
- See: Oral glucose tolerance test.
- Ophthalmologist
- a physician specializing in diseases of and treatment of the eyes.
- Optometrist
- A person professionally trained to test the eyes and to detect and treat eye problems and some diseases by prescribing and adapting corrective lenses and other optical aids and by suggesting eye exercise programs.
- Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)
- Oral hypoglycemic agents
- Pills or capsules that people take to lower the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood.
- Overt diabetes
- Diabetes in the person who shows clear sign/s of the disease such as a great thirst and the need to urinate often.
Read more about this topic: Glossary Of Diabetes