Mesothelioma Medical Glossary

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ONCOLOGIST: a physician specializing in cancer diagnosis and treatment.

ONCOLOGY: the study of cancer.

ONSET: in medicine, the first appearance of the signs or symptoms of an illness as, for example, the onset of mesothelioma.

OSHA: the Occupational and Safety Health Administration is the federal government agency which regulates the use of asbestos and sets the standards for its distribution.

OXYGEN: a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas that makes up about 20% of the air we breathe (and at least half the weight of the entire solid crust of the earth) and which combines with most of the other elements to form oxides. Oxygen is essential to human, animal and plant life.

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