| ABOHN | American Board for Occupational Health Nurses |
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| ACMA | American Occupational Medical Association |
| ACOEM | American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| ACOM | American College of Occupational Medicine; anterior communicating [artery] |
| ALOSH | Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Safety and Health |
| 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) |
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| occupational medicine | <study> A branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of patients with occupational and environmental illness and injury. (09 Oct 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) |