Category: O
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Occupational disease
A disease which is caused by the type of work a person does or the conditions in which a person works, e.g. a disease caused by dust or chemicals in a factory. Illness or disability resulting from employment, usually from long-term exposure to a noxious substance (e.g., asbestos) or from continuous repetition of certain acts.…
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Occupational dermatitis
Dermatitis caused by materials touched at work.
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Occupational asthma
Asthma caused by materials with which people come into contact at work. Airway narrowing resulting from exposures in the workplace to environmental dusts, fibers, gases, smoke, sprays, or vapors.
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Occupational
Referring to work. Engaged in or related to the goal-directed use of time.
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Occupation
A job or work. The state or fact of occupying something or of being occupied. Any goal-directed pursuit in which one works for a wage, salary, or other income.
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Occlusive therapy
A treatment for a squint in which the good eye is covered up in order to encourage the squinting eye to become straight.
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Occlusive stroke
A stroke caused by a blood clot.
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Occlusive
Referring to occlusion or blocking.
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Occluded
Closed or blocked.
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Occipito-posterior
Referring to a position of a baby during birth in which the baby faces the front.