industrial disease

/ɪnˌdʌstriəl dəˌziz/
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Other forms: industrial diseases

Definitions of industrial disease
  1. noun
    disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)
    synonyms: occupational disease
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    disease
    an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
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