occupational disease

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

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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

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