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A qualified physician or surgeon who specialises in the treatment of eye disorders. Obsolete term for ophthalmologist, a physician who is a specialist in diseases of the eye.  

A condition in which a person uses one eye more than the other. The use of one eye by choice for particular tasks such as aiming a gun. This may or may not be related to right-hand or left-hand dominance.  

A condition in which cartilage, ligaments and other fibrous tissue become dark as a result of a metabolic disorder, and in which the urine turns black on exposure to air. Condition marked by the accumulation of brown-black pigment in cartilage and other connective tissue, usually due to phenol poisoning. The presence of brown-black pigment in…

Something that takes place.  

To take place. To come into a person’s mind.  

The branch of medicine concerned with accidents and diseases connected with work. The branch of medicine that is concerned with the effects of a person’s job on his or her health. Occupational medicine emphasizes the prevention of work-related disease and injury and the promotion of general health in workers. It encompasses problems ranging from lung…

A dangerous situation related to the working environment. Any condition of a job, such as exposure to radiation or chemicals, that can result in injury or illness.  

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.…

Dermatitis caused by materials touched at work.  

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.