Since that initial chance association, researchers have found the grapefruit juice-medication interaction is far more common than originally thought and as noted, occurred not just with grapefruit juice but with other juices and foods as well.
Meanings and history of the name Oscar : | Edit. Oscar (Irish) possibly from the Gaelic phrase os cara, meaning friend of the deer. James Macpherson used the name in his Ossianic poems. Napoleon, an admirer of those works, imposed it on his little French godson, who ascended the throne of Sweden as Oscar I (or Oskar I).
Read by: 29,991 pet lovers. Among aquarists, the Oscar is a popular species of fish kept for their size, easy maintenance and personality (yes-personality.) The scientific name of the Oscar is Astronotus ocellatus and refers to the eyespot markings on the back of the body. There are many different types of Oscars that vary in size and coloration.