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adj · name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Exhibiting an obsessive tendency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, offensive, sometimes

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name

Meaning 2

Initialism of Office of Civil Defense.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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name

Meaning 3

Initialism of Oxford Classical Dictionary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: history, human-sciences, media, publishing, sciences

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noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences

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noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of osteochondritis dissecans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of osteochondrodysplasia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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History

Etymology

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