OP meaning in Medical ?

Answer:

What is opium mean?

Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: Lachryma papaveris) is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for the illegal drug trade. The latex also contains the closely related opiates codeine and thebaine, and non-analgesic alkaloids such as papaverine and noscapine. The traditional, labor-intensive method of obtaining the latex is to scratch ("score") the immature seed pods (fruits) by hand; the latex leaks out and dries to a sticky yellowish residue that is later scraped off and dehydrated. The word "meconium" (derived from the Greek for "opium-like", but now used to refer to newborn stools) historically referred to related, weaker preparations made from other parts of the opium poppy or different species of poppies.

The production methods have not significantly changed since ancient times. Through selective breeding of the Papaver somniferum plant, the content of the phenanthrene alkaloids morphine, codeine, and to a lesser extent thebaine has been greatly increased. In modern times, much of the thebaine, which often serves as the raw material for the synthesis for oxycodone, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, and other semisynthetic opiates, originates from extracting Papaver orientale or Papaver bracteatum.

For the illegal drug trade, the morphine is extracted from the opium latex, reducing the bulk weight by 88%. It is then converted to heroin which is almost twice as potent, and increases the value by a similar factor. The reduced weight and bulk make it easier to smuggle.

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Full Form	Category
Object of Preposition	Academic & Science
Open Pollinated	Academic & Science
Original Pronunciation	Academic & Science
Order in probability	Academic & Science
Oratory Prep	Academic & Science
Optimum Price	Accounts and Finance
Opposite Prompt	Arts
Office Products	Business
Order Party	Business
Outside Partner	Business
Oil Pan	Business
Occupancy Permit	Business
On Plan	Business
Operational Planning	Business
OsuusPankki	Business
oborový podnik	Business
Osmotic Pressure	Chemistry
Organo-phosphate	Chemistry
Oxidative Phosphorylation	Chemistry
Order of Preachers	Community
Out of Print	Community
Orthographic Projection	Community
OverProof	Community
Ontario Public	Community
Off Premises	Community
Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee	Community
Organic Percussion	Community
On point	Community
One Power	Community
Open Platform	Computer Hardware
Open Plug	Computer Hardware
Operating Player	Computer Technology
Out of Place	Computing
Operator Panel	Computing
Outline Processor	Computing
Original Post/Poster	Computing
Original Post	Computing
Octave Plateau	Electronics
Optional Procedure Mailing System	General
Oceanic Plagiogranites	General
Occasional Paper	General
Operator Produksi	General
Orange Pekoe	General
Obnoxious Preppie	General
Optimus Prime	General
Opaque	General
Oxycontin Purdue	General
Owner Pays	General
O2 Page	General
Ocean Pacific	General
Operative Paragraph	General
Opening Post	General
One Piece	General
Oral Presentation	General
Outstanding Performer	General
Orange Potatoes	General
Observation Point	Governmental
Old Prison	Governmental
Official Publication	Governmental
Office of Preference	Governmental
Obras Publicas	International
Operationssaal	International
Operationsverstärker	International
Over Powerfull	Internet
Other People's	Internet
Original poster / Operator / Outpost / Overpowered	Internet Slang
Official Photographer	Jobs
Open Palm	Medical
OsteoPorosis	Medical
OroPharynx	Medical
occipitoparietal	Medical
Occlusal Plane	Medical
oesophagopharyngeal	Medical
Off Pump	Medical
Occiput Posterior	Medical
Out-Patient	Medical
Olfactory Pit	Medical
Oncotic Pressure	Medical
Operative Procedure	Medical
opium	Medical
Opponens Pollicis	Medical
Organising Pneumonia	Medical
On Program	Medical
OroPharyngeal	Medical
osteopaenia	Medical
osteopontin	Medical
Octo Pest	Messaging
Original Poster	Messaging
Operating Plan	Military and Defence
Off-base Privileges	Military and Defence
Operational Publication	Military and Defence
Ordnance Publication	Military and Defence
Observation Post	Military and Defence
Office of Protector	Military and Defence
Overall Position	Military and Defence
Opportunity Profile	Military and Defence
Optimistic Protocols	Networking
Opening Pressure	Physics Related
Over-powered	Radio Science
Overland Park, Kansas	Regional
Overland Park	Regional
Ordo Praedicatorum	Society & Culture
Open	Space Science
Operate	Space Science
Operation	Space Science
Oxygen Purge	Space Science
Open Position	Sports