OMS

See also: oms and OMs

English

Noun

OMS (countable and uncountable, plural OMS's or OMSes)

1. (aerospace, countable) Initialism of orbital manoeuvering system: NASA terminology for orbital maneuvering rockets.

   Coordinate terms: ACS, RCS, OMAC

2. (pathology) Initialism of opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome.
3. (logistics) Initialism of order management system.
   • 2023 April 4, “Deliveright Releases Grasshopper 3.0 to Power Logistics Operations for Retail and Delivery Companies”, in Business Wire‎^[1], United States, archived from the original on 8 September 2025:

     With a specialty in logistics and final-mile delivery of big and bulky goods, Grasshopper is the only technology platform that incorporates an order management system (OMS), a warehouse management system (WMS), and a transportation management system (TMS) for a genuine end-to-end solution.

4. (business) Initialism of open market sale.
   • 0201 April 21, “Rice for OMS found in pvt warehouse”, in The Daily Star‎^[2], Bangladesh, archived from the original on 8 September 2025:

     Rapid Action Battalion yesterday seized 445 bags of rice meant for open market sale (OMS) from a local warehouse at Mahiganj in Rangpur town.

See also

• (NASA): orbital maneuvering system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• MOS, MOs, SMO, SOM, Som., mos, mos', osm, som, som'

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.ɛ.mɛs/ ~ /o.e.mɛs/

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Proper noun

OMS f

1. initialism of Organisation Mondiale de la Santé WHO (World Health Organisation)

Italian

Proper noun

OMS f

1. initialism of Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità (“WHO (World Health Organisation)”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɔ ˌemi ˈɛsi/

Proper noun

OMS f

1. initialism of Organização Mundial de Saúde (“WHO”)

Further reading

• “OMS”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “OMS”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o ˌeme ˈese/ [o ˌe.me ˈe.se]
• Syllabification: OMS

Proper noun

OMS f

1. initialism of Organización Mundial de la Salud (“WHO”)
   • 2021 April 26, “La crisis por covid-19 en India podría retrasar entrega de vacunas del programa Covax”, in CNN en Español‎^[3]:

     La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) sigue en “estrecho contacto” con el gobierno de la India para reiniciar las entregas de vacunas del Serum Institute of India (SII), dijo un portavoz de la OMS a CNN el lunes, cuando se le preguntó si el SII está imponiendo actualmente una prohibición de exportar vacunas contra AstraZeneca.

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