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occupational injury — occupational ailment, occupational disease or occupational injury noun A disease, injury, etc, to which workers engaged in a particular occupation are prone because of the conditions of that occupation • • • Main Entry: ↑occupy … Useful english dictionary
occupational disease — noun disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts) • Syn: ↑industrial disease • Hypernyms: ↑disease * * * noun 1. : an illness… … Useful english dictionary
Occupational disease — Classification and external resources MeSH D009784 An occupational disease is any chronic ailment that occurs as a result of work or occupational activity. It is an aspect of occupational safety and health. An occupational disease is typically… … Wikipedia
occupational disease — oc·cu·pa·tion·al disease /ˌä kyə pā shə nəl / n: an ailment that results from the characteristic conditions or functions of one s employment rather than from the ordinary risks to which the general public is exposed and that renders one eligible… … Law dictionary
ailment — Synonyms and related words: abnormality, acute disease, affection, affliction, allergic disease, allergy, atrophy, bacterial disease, birth defect, blight, cardiovascular disease, chronic disease, circulatory disease, complaint, complication,… … Moby Thesaurus
occupational disease — Synonyms and related words: abnormality, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, atrophy, bacterial disease, birth defect, blight, cardiovascular disease, chronic disease, circulatory disease, complaint,… … Moby Thesaurus
occupational disease — An illness that results from long term employment in a particular industry or type of work, such as cancer among asbestos installers or repetitive strain injury among data entry operatives. If the likelihood of suffering from such an ailment… … Business law dictionary
disorder — A disturbance of function, structure, or both, resulting from a genetic or embryonic failure in development or from exogenous factors such as poison, trauma, or disease. adjustmen … Medical dictionary
Multiple chemical sensitivity — Classification and external resources MeSH D018777 Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is a chronic medical condition characterized by symptoms the affected person attributes to exposure to low levels of chemicals. Commonly suspected substances… … Wikipedia
Mercury poisoning — Classification and external resources Elemental mercury ICD 10 T … Wikipedia
