occupational therapy
71Occupational injury — An occupational injury is bodily damage resulting from working. In the United States in 2007, 5,488 workers died from job injuries, 92% of which were men,[1] and 49,000 died from work related injuries.[2] NIOSH estimates that 4 million workers in …
72Occupational hazards associated with exposure to human nail dust — The use of podiatry drills, in the absence of engineering controls and personal protective equipment, is an occupational hazard to the healthcare provider. Nail dust collected during foot care procedures performed in office settings has been… …
73therapy — n. 1) to employ, use therapy 2) art; dance; electro convulsive (BE), electro shock (AE); group; inhalation; music; occupational; physical; radiation, X ray; recreational; shock; speech therapy 3) therapy for 4) in therapy (she was in therapy) * * …
74occupational disease — 1. Also called industrial disease. a disease caused by the conditions or hazards of a particular occupation. 2. a trait or tendency that develops among members of a particular profession: Cynicism was thought to be an occupational disease of… …
75Occupational overuse syndrome — Numerous human body disorders are now classed as occupational overuse syndrome, including: Common calluses housemaid s knee or prepatellar bursitis Tennis elbow Repetitive strain injury (RSI) Occupational Overuse Syndrome The condition… …
76Occupational lung disease — Main Article Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Occupational lung diseases are a branch of occupational diseases concerned primarily with work related exposures to harmful substances, be they dusts or gases, and the subsequent pulmonary …
77therapy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ alternative, complementary ▪ occupational, physical (AmE) (physiotherapy in BrE) ▪ drug, gene, hormone …
78therapy — ther|a|py [ˈθerəpi] n plural therapies [Date: 1800 1900; : Modern Latin; Origin: therapia, from Greek therapeia, from therapeuein to attend, treat ] 1.) [U and C] the treatment of an illness or injury over a fairly long period of time ▪ new drug… …
79therapy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. therapeutics, remedy, healing, cure; rehabilitation, restoration; physical therapy, psychotherapy, etc. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. therapeutics, remedy, healing, treatment, cure; see also medicine 3 .… …
80occupational — adj. Occupational is used with these nouns: ↑category, ↑disease, ↑exposure, ↑hazard, ↑health, ↑mobility, ↑pension, ↑physician, ↑prestige, ↑psychologist, ↑safety, ↑ …
