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od(2) (iou)



od noun2. obsolete exc. Hist. M19.
[Arbitrary formation, intended also as a word-forming elem.]
A hypothetical force proposed by Baron von Reichenbach (1788-1869) as pervading all nature, being manifest in certain people of sensitive temperament and accounting for the phenomena of mesmerism and animal magnetism. Also od force. Also called odyl.