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[or´ĭ-jin]the source or beginning of anything, especially the more fixed end or attachment of a muscle (as distinguished from its insertion), or the site of emergence of a peripheral nerve from the central nervous system.
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or·i·gin
(ōr'i-jin),1. The less movable of the two points of attachment of a muscle, that which is attached to the more fixed part of the skeleton.
2. The starting point of a cranial or spinal nerve. The former have two origins: the ental origin, deep origin, or real origin, the cell group in the brain or medulla, from which the fibers of the nerve begin, and the ectal origin, superficial origin, or apparent origin, the point where the nerve emerges from the brain.
[L. origo, source, beginning, fr. orior, to rise]
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origin
(ôr′ə-jĭn, ŏr′-)n.
1. The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived.
2. Anatomy The point of attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during contraction.
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origin
(1) The source of information collected in the course of a clinical study, which is distinguished from data collected at the point of patient contact and data which are derived or calculated.(2) A metadata attribute defined for each dataset variable in the "Define" document of an SDTM submission, which refers to the source of a variable—e.g., case report form, derived, sponsor defined, peer-reviewed organisation (PRO), etc.
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origin
Vox populi Source. See Diarrhea of undetermined origin, Fever of unknown origin, Race/ethnic origin.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
or·i·gin
(ōr'i-jin)1. The less movable of two sites of attachment of a muscle; that which is attached to the more fixed part of the skeleton.
2. The starting point of a cranial or spinal nerve. The former have two origins: the ental origin, deep origin, or real origin, the cell group in the brain or medulla whence the fibers of the nerve begin; and the ectal origin, superficial origin, or apparent origin, the point where the nerve emerges from the brain.
[L. origo, source, beginning, fr. orior, to rise]
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origin
The point or area of attachment of a muscle that remains mainly fixed when the muscle contracts. Compare INSERTION.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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