od
/oʊd/
abbreviation
- Short for 'overdose', especially of a drug.
- He was rushed to the hospital after an OD on painkillers.
- The news reported a rise in OD cases among young adults.
- She survived an OD and got help for her addiction.
noun
- A hypothetical force or natural power once believed to be responsible for magnetism, electricity, and other phenomena.
- The theory of od was popular among spiritualists but later rejected.
- She read about od in an old book on natural philosophy.
- In the 19th century, some scientists thought od explained how magnets worked.