mule spinners' cancer

noun

An epithelioma of the scrotum, believed to be caused by exposure to mineral oil.

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Meanings

nounmule spinners' cancer (uncountable)

alternative mule spinner's cancer

  1. uncountableAn epithelioma of the scrotum, believed to be caused by exposure to mineral oil.

Origin

The condition was first reported in 1887 in a cotton mule spinner.

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Chicago

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