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industrial disease

(ĭn-dŭs'trē-əl)
n.
  1. A pathological condition resulting from exposure to a toxin discharged by a business or industry into the environment.
  2. An occupational disease.
 
 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)
  Synonym: occupational disease


 
 

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