See Also: vulnerable(dictionary)
vulnerable(dictionary)
vulnerable period(medicine)
vulnerable phase(medicine)
vulnerable child syndrome(medicine)

occupational (iou) and vulnerable (iou)


occupational (iou)



occupational adjective. M19.
[from OCCUPATION + -AL1.]
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or characteristic of an occupation or occupations.
occupational disease (a) disease to which a particular occupation makes a person especially liable; joc. a trait or failing supposedly common in a particular group of people. occupational hazard a risk accepted as a consequence of a particular occupation; joc. a frequent consequence or accompaniment of a particular activity. occupational psychology the study of human behaviour at work, including methods of selecting personnel, improving Productivity, and coping with stress. occupational psychologist a person who studies occupational psychology. occupational risk = occupational hazard above. occupational therapy mental or physical activity prescribed to assist recovery from disease, injury, or impairment. occupational therapist a person skilled in supervising occupational therapy.
J. Heller Nervous breakdowns do occur regularly in all age and occupational groups.
occupationally adverb M20.

vulnerable (iou)



vulnerable adjective. E17.
[Late Latin vulnerabilis wounding, from vulnerare VULNERATE: see -ABLE. Cf. earlier INVULNERABLE.]
Wounding, injurious. rare. Only in E17.
Able to be wounded; (of a person) able to be physically or emotionally hurt; liable to damage or harm, esp. from aggression or attack, assailable. (Foll. by to.) E17.
W. Perriam I do understand you're feeling very vulnerable. D. Halberstam Our troops..were vulnerable to the night strikes of the Chinese. Soldier of Fortune The vulnerable vital points of the human anatomy.
Bridge. Of a side: liable to increased penalties or bonuses as a result of having won a game. E20.
vulnerability noun the state or quality of being vulnerable E19.
vulnerableness noun E18.
vulnerably adverb M19.