Sod

Sod can refer to:

• Sod, another word for turf, or a piece of turf.
• Sod (vulgarity), a term used mainly in British English and somewhat offensive.

SOD or S.O.D. can be an abbreviation for:

• In science/medicine:
  • Superoxide dismutase, a group of antioxidant enzymes
  • Sudden oak death, a plant disease
  • Small Outline Diode, two-terminal surface-mounted package for diodes
  • Septo-optic dysplasia, a congenital malformation syndrome of the optic nerve
  • Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, a disorder of the muscle around the bile duct orifice into the duodenum. See also Sphincter of Oddi

• In entertainment:
  • Soft On Demand, a Japanese porn company
  • Soap Opera Digest
  • Spear of Destiny (video game)
  • Stormtroopers of Death, a thrash/crossover metal music band

• Other meanings:
  • Screen of Death
  • Secretary of Defense
  • Separation of duties (or Segregation of Duties), a concept in fraud prevention.
  • the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
  • Star of David
  • Secrets of Droon (fantasy children's book series)

See also

• Sod's Law
• Odds & Sods, a 1974 album by the Who
• Sods, a mountain top meadow or bog in West Virginia

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