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industrial disease

American  
industrial disease British  

noun

  1. any disease to which workers in a particular industry are prone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of industrial disease

First recorded in 1905–10

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Mr Hughes concluded Mr Roberts and Ms David, who lived in hospital accommodation, concluded that they both died as a result of industrial disease.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2023

Coroner Graeme Hughes said it was "more likely than not" both were exposed to the Covid-19 virus while at work and ruled they died of industrial disease.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2023

Mike Myers calls celebrity “the industrial disease of creativity.”

From The New Yorker Jun. 25, 2018

Early in the 1920s Philip Guedalla charged into the battle of the books, shouting: "Historians' English is not a style; it is an industrial disease."

From Time Magazine Archive

Historians' English is not a style; it is an industrial disease.

From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan

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