Category: O

In epidemiology, a technique for estimating relative risk from case-control studies relative odds. A good approximation of the relative risk. It compares the ratio of exposed/unexposed individuals among the diseased with the ratio of exposed/unexposed individuals among the controls. The odds ratio is a measure that is used in case-control studies, where cases and controls…

Moving the eyeball. Referring to movements of the eyeball. Related to the movement of the eye or the oculomotor nerve, which is the third cranial nerve.  

Pertaining to the eye. Pertaining to or impacting the eye and its components; it also refers to the ocular lens of an optical instrument, such as a microscope. Related to the eye or the viewing part of an optical device.  

A cell or organism with eight genomes or monoploid sets of chromosomes.  

The principle that if one is confronted with more than one possible solution to a problem, one should choose the simplest. Named after a fourteenth century British Franciscan.  

An ancient way of kissing in Polynesia that involves placing one’s face to the cheek of the other person and smelling his or her skin.  

A federal agency that attempts to assure a safe and healthful environment in the workplace by setting and enforcing health and safety standards. A government agency created to prevent work-related injuries, illnesses, and death. The government agency that identifies occupational hazards and sets standards for safety.  

A specialized area of community health that is concerned with the identification of health and safety hazards related to work and the work environment and with their prevention and control.  

In sociology, the relative social status generally attributed to some occupations.  

Any injury that results from a work-related accident, occupational illness. Any injury that results from a work accident or from exposure to a hazard in the work environment.