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Reasonable accommodation
An employer’s responsibility to provide necessary workplace changes in reassignment, equipment modification, devices, training materials, interpreters, and other adjustments for disabled employees.
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Positive accommodation
Contraction of the ciliary muscle to adjust for near vision.
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Negative accommodation
Relaxation of the ciliary muscle to adjust for distant vision.
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Mechanism accommodation
A method by which curvature of the eye lens is changed in order to focus close objects on the retina.
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Excessive accommodation
Greater-than-needed accommodation of the eye.
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Binocular accommodation
Coordinated accommodation of both eyes jointly.
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Absolute accommodation
Accommodation of one eye independently of the other.
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Acclimatize
To become accustomed to a different environment.
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Radiation accident
Undesired excessive exposure to ionizing radiation.
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Accessory muscles of respiration
Muscles that are recruited to increase ventilation by patients with labored breathing. The stemocleidomastoids, scalenes, and pectoralis minors may be used for a more forceful inhalation; the abdominal muscles may be used for a more forceful exhalation. Their use represents an abnormal or labored breathing pattern and is a sign of respiratory distress.
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