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1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                              equivalent oral glucocorticoid therapy means a glucocorticoid in the following table, at the doses specified in the table, or a therapeutically equivalent dose of another glucocorticoid:
 Glucocorticoid   Minimum average
                  rate (milligrams/day)
 cortisone        75
 hydrocortisone   60
 prednisone       15
 prednisolone     15

                             ergot alkaloid means methysergide, ergotamine or dihydroergotamine.
                             MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                             pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products means a calculation of consumption where one pack-year of cigarettes equals 20 tailor-made cigarettes per day for a period of one calendar year, or 7 300 cigarettes. One tailor-made cigarette approximates one gram of tobacco or one gram of cigar or pipe tobacco by weight.  One pack-year of tailor-made cigarettes equates to 7.3 kilograms of smoking tobacco by weight.  Tobacco products mean cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, smoked alone or in any combination.
                             relevant service means:
         (a)          operational service under the VEA;
         (b)          peacekeeping service under the VEA;
         (c)          hazardous service under the VEA;
         (d)          British nuclear test defence service under the VEA;
         (e)          warlike service under the MRCA; or
         (f)           non-warlike service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                             scleroderma renal crisis means a disorder characterised by the abrupt onset of marked hypertension, rapidly progressive renal failure due to thrombotic microangiopathy vasospasm, and tissue ischaemia.  Up to 10 percent of patients with scleroderma renal crisis are normotensive, although their blood pressure may be increased from baseline values.
                             specified list of organic solvents means:
         (a)          aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents;
         (b)          aromatic hydrocarbon solvents;
         (c)          chlorinated organic solvents;
         (d)          oxygenated organic solvents; or
         (e)          white spirits.
                             systemic sclerosis—see subsection 7(2).
                             terminal event means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes the following:
         (a)           pneumonia;
         (b)           respiratory failure;
         (c)           cardiac arrest;
         (d)           circulatory failure; or
         (e)           cessation of brain function.
                             VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.