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industrial disease

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industrial disease
n.
Occupational disease.

industrial disease
n
(Medicine / Pathology) any disease to which workers in a particular industry are prone
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Noun1.industrial disease - disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)
disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning


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