job burnout

burnout,

n the elimination by heat of an invested pattern from a set investment to prepare the mold to receive casting metal.

burnout, high heat,

n the use of temperatures higher than 1100° F (593.5° C) to effect wax elimination and prepare the mold to receive casting metal.

burnout, inlay (wax),

n the elimination of wax from an invested inlay flask. See also wax elimination.

burnout, job,

n the condition of having no energy left to care, resulting from chronic, unrelieved job-related stress and characterized by physical and emotional exhaustion and sometimes by physical illness.

burnout, radiographic,

n the excessive penetration of the radiographic beam of an object or part of an object, producing a totally black, or overexposed, area on the radiograph.

burnout, wax,

n See burnout, inlay and wax elimination.

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job burnout

Occupational medicine End-stage work-related stress, in which an employee functions at a 'ground state'; at greatest risk for JB are those with low incomes, no college education, and single mothers. See Burn-out. Cf Compassion fatigue.