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OCCUPATIONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained
Example:
occupational hazard
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
occupation (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money)
Context examples:
Other causes include autoimmune diseases or occupational exposures to molds, gases, or fumes.
(Interstitial Lung Diseases, NIH)
An occupational lung disorder caused by exposure to cotton dust.
(Byssinosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Research areas of special interest include genetic predisposition, lifestyle factors, environmental contaminants, occupational exposures, medications, radiation and infectious agents, as well as statistics and methods development.
(Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI Thesaurus)
Medical specialty concerned with the promotion and maintenance of the physical and mental health of employees in occupational settings.
(Occupational Medicine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Cancer epidemiology involves the study of how physical surroundings, occupational hazards and personal habits (smoking, diet and lifestyle) may contribute to the development of cancer.
(Cancer Epidemiology, NCI Thesaurus)
Physical therapy, occupational therapy, braces and other devices and sometimes surgery can help.
(Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Loss of intellectual abilities interfering with an individual's social and occupational functions.
(Dementia, NCI Thesaurus)
An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning.
(Dementia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
They may include speech, physical, occupational, and/or educational therapy.
(Down Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
An occupational discipline which unites information science with computer science.
(Informatics, NCI Thesaurus)
