an overdose of a drug, especially a fatal one.
a person who has taken an overdose of a drug, especially one who has become seriously ill or has died from such an overdose.
to take an overdose of a drug.
to die from an an overdose of a drug.
to have or experience an excessive amount or degree of something.
olive drab.
on demand.
outside diameter.
Doctor of Optometry.
Old Dutch.
(of a military uniform) olive drab.
ordinary seaman.
outside diameter.
overdraft.
overdrawn.
Officer of the Day
Old Dutch
ordnance datum
outside diameter
Also: o.d.. military olive drab
Also: O/D. banking
on demand
overdraft
overdrawn
What else does OD mean? OD is short for overdose, or taking so much of a drug that it harms or kills you. How is OD pronounced?[ oh-dee ]What are other forms of OD?O. D.
First recorded in 1840–50; arbitrary name coined by Karl von Reichenbach (1788–1869), German scientist
First recorded in 1590–1600
First recorded in 1955–60
From Latin oculus dexter
From Latin oculus dexter
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HRW also cited the case of Od Sayavong, a Lao activist living in Bangkok, who has been missing since August 2019.
From BBC • May 3, 2023
At top: two of the seven complete eggs preserved in the Od accumulation; at bottom, one chunk of the accumulation, showing how densely packed the eggshell fragments are.
From Scientific American • May 15, 2012
Averaged out, most shell fragments in the Od accumulation are about 36 mm long.
From Scientific American • May 15, 2012
Israeli law enforcement officials say that in investigating settler violence in the north, they often turn to people connected to the Od Yosef Chai yeshiva in the Yitzhar settlement.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2010
Od, I've seen ye in the thick o't.
From The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland by Symonds, W. S. (William Samuel)
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