industrial disease

noun

1. occupational disease ( def 1 ).

industrial disease

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of industrial disease¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

But they did not take much notice of the hardness or of the risk of industrial disease.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg