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Noun: occupational disease
  1. Disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)
    "Asbestosis is a well-known occupational disease among construction workers";
    - industrial disease

Derived forms: occupational diseases

Type of: disease

Encyclopedia: Occupational disease