industrial disease

noun

disease or disability caused by employment, such as repetitive acts or exposure to chemicals.

Similar
occupational disease
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Meanings

nounindustrial disease (plural industrial diseases)

plural industrial diseases

  1. disease or disability caused by employment, such as repetitive acts or exposure to chemicals.

Synonyms & antonyms

noundisease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)

Similar
occupational disease
Broader
disease
Also see
occupational disease

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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industrial disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrial%20disease

MLA

“industrial disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrial%20disease. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “industrial disease,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrial%20disease.

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