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), the greatest of the national festivals of
the ancient Greeks, consisting of athletic games and races, dedicated
to Olympian Zeus, celebrated once in four years at Olympia, and
continuing five days.

O*lym`pi*on"ic (?), n. [Gr. &?; a
conqueror in the Olympic games.] An ode in honor of a victor in
the Olympic games. [R.] Johnson.

-o"ma (?). [Gr. &?;, &?;.] A suffix used in medical
terms to denote a morbid condition of some part, usually some
kind of tumor; as in fibroma, glaucoma.

||Om"a*gra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
shoulder + &?; seizure.] (Med.) Gout in the
shoulder.

O"ma*has" (?), n. pl.; sing.
Omaha (&?;). (Ethnol.) A tribe of
Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are
now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska.

O*man"der wood` (?). [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in
Ceylon.

||O*ma"sum (?), n. [L.

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