occupational disease

occupational disease

n.

A disease, such as byssinosis or black lung, resulting from the conditions of a person's work, trade, or occupation.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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