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Dental Office Design
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er⋅go⋅nom⋅ics

  [ur-guh-nom-iks]
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–noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
human engineering.
Origin:
1945–50; ergo- + -nomics (see -nomy, -ics ) on the model of agronomics, bionomics, etc.

Related forms:
er⋅go⋅nom⋅ic, er⋅go⋅no⋅met⋅ric  [ur-guh-nuh-me-trik] , adjective
er⋅go⋅nom⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
er⋅gon⋅o⋅mist  [ur-gon-uh-mist] , noun

Usage note:
See -ics.
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Dental Office Design
 High performance dental offices. Designed by dentists for dentists.
 www.design-ergonomics.com
Office Ergonomic Training
 Learn to analyze/identify/eliminate office ergonomic risk factors
 www.OccuCare.net
er·go·nom·ics   (ûr'gə-nŏm'ĭks)   
n.  
  1. (used with a sing. verb) The applied science of equipment design, as for the workplace, intended to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort. Also called biotechnology, human engineering, human factors engineering.
  2. (used with a pl. verb) Design factors, as for the workplace, intended to maximize productivity by minimizing operator fatigue and discomfort: The ergonomics of the new office were felt to be optimal.

[Greek ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots + (eco)nomics.]
er'go·nom'ic, er'go·no·met'ric (-nə-mět'rĭk) adj., er'go·nom'i·cal·ly adv., er·gon'o·mist (ûr-gŏn'ə-mĭst) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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ergonomic
Concerning ergonomics or exhibitting good ergonimics.
(1995-04-14)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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