OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)

Synonyms:

industrial disease; occupational disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("occupational disease" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

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