| occupational health | The promotion and maintenance of physical and mental health in the work environment. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| occupational health nursing | The practice of nursing in the work environment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| occupational health services | Health services for employees, usually provided by the employer at the place of work. (12 Dec 1998) |
| occupational lung disease | Fibrosis and scarring of the lungs secondary to the repeated inhalation of dust associated with some occupation. Examples include silica, asbestos and coal dust exposure. (27 Sep 1997) |
| occupational neurosis | Professional neurosis, a disorder of a group of muscles used chiefly in one's occupation, marked by the occurrence of spasm, paresis, or incoordination on attempt to repeat the habitual movements; e.g., writer's cramp; probably a focal dystonia. Synonym: craft palsy, functional spasm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occupational safety and health administration | One of the U.S. Agencies responsible for regulation of biotechnology. The major law under which the agency has regulatory powers is the Occupational Safety and Health act. (09 Oct 1997) |
| occupational spasm | Professional spasm, obsolete term for occupational dystonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occupational therapist | <specialist> An individual trained to help people manage the daily activities of living, such as dressing, grooming or cooking, and regaining vocational skills. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occupational therapy | A form of therapy that encourages and instructs manual activities for therapeutic or remedial purposes in mental and physical disorders. (27 Sep 1997) |
| occupational therapy department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of any occupational or work activity for remedial purposes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states occupational safety and health administration | An office in the department of labour responsible for developing and establishing occupational safety and health standards. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adolescent medicine | A branch of medicine pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases occurring during the period beginning with puberty until the cessation of somatic growth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| aerospace medicine | <study> A field of medicine which specialises in the effects of atmospheric and space flight on human physical and psychological well-being. (09 Oct 1997) |
| alternative medicine | A catch-all phrase for a long list of treatments or medicinal systems including traditional systems such as Chinese or Ayurvedic medicine, homeopathy, various herbals and other miscellaneous treatments that have not been accepted by the mainstream, or Western, medical establishment. Alternative medicine is also referred to as complementary medicine (see). The designation alternative medicine is not equivalent to holistic medicine, which is a more narrow term. See: Holistic Medicine. (09 Oct 1997) |
| aviation medicine | The study and practice of medicine as it applies to physiologic problems peculiar to aviation. Synonym: aeromedicine. (05 Mar 2000) |