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OOC

OOC is the initialism of organ-on-a-chip.

OOC is the initialism of out of character.

OOC is the initialism of out of contract.

OOC is the initialism of out of context.

OOC is the initialism of out of curiosity.

Meaning of organ-on-a-chip

Noun

organ-on-a-chip (plural organs-on-a-chip or organs-on-chips)

  1. An integrated circuit that simulates the activities, mechanics, and physiological response of an entire biological organ or organ system.
    Synonyms:
    OOC

Meaning of out of character

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Inconsistent with someone's personality, disposition, or usual expected behaviour.
    • The burst of anger was out of character for the normally placid boy.
  2. (idiomatic) Not in character; not in the zone; not successfully performing within the mindset of a given character in a theatrical performance.
    • I was out of character for most of the first act because those people in the third row wouldn't stop chatting.
  3. (idiomatic, roleplaying games) Not acting; not "on"; behaving within one's natural personality rather than that of a character, or taking actions entirely outside the fictional context.
    • After watching him perform so energetically, it is a bit of a trip to hang out with him when he's out of character. In real life, he's really mellow.

Synonyms of OOC

Antonyms

Forms of OOC

Noun
pluralOOCs
Adjective
comparativemore OOC
superlativemost OOC

Questions about OOC

What is OOC the initialism of?
OOC is the initialism of organ-on-a-chip.

Words near OOC in the dictionary

  1. ooblast
  2. ooblastic
  3. ooblasts
  4. oobleck
  5. ooblecks
  6. OOC
  7. ooch
  8. ooched
  9. ooches
  10. ooching
  11. OOCSS

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Adapted from Wiktionary: OOC (page history and authors); organ-on-a-chip (page history and authors); out of character (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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