HEALTH HAZARD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hazard to the health of those exposed to it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("health hazard" is a kind of...):

endangerment; hazard; jeopardy; peril; risk (a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "health hazard"):

biohazard (hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions)

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