| IP | icterus praecox; imaging plate; immune precipitate; immunoblastic plasma; immunoperoxidase technique... |
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| NAT | N-acetyltransferase; natal; neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia; no action taken; nonaccidental tra... |
| Nat | native; natural |
| NaT | sodium tartrate |
| OccTh | occupational therapy, occupational therapist |
| noise, occupational | Noise present in occupational, industrial, and factory situations. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| dermatitis, occupational | A recurrent contact dermatitis caused by substances found in the work place. (12 Dec 1998) |
| occupational deafness | Sensorineural hearing loss due to overexposure to high intensity noise levels. Synonym: boilermaker's deafness, industrial deafness, occupational deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occupational dentistry | The branch of dentistry concerned with maintaining oral health of employees in occupational environments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| occupational disease | A morbid condition resulting from exposure to an agent during the usual performance of one's occupation. Compare: industrial disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occupational diseases | Diseases due to factors involved in one's employment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| occupational exposure | The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents that occurs as a result of one's occupation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| occupational groups | Members of the various professions (e.g., physicians) or occupations (e.g., police). (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 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 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) |