Occupational Health Vocabulary

noun a disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind

• The patient was diagnosed with a serious illness that required immediate treatment.
• She's been feeling under the weather lately, might be coming down with an illness.
• I can't go out tonight, I'm feeling really sick - must be some kind of illness.
• Holding onto grudges is like a mental illness that can eat away at your happiness.

noun a type of cancer that develops from the thin layer of tissue that covers many of the internal organs (known as the mesothelium), most commonly caused by exposure to asbestos

• Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer that develops in the lining of the lungs or abdomen.
• My uncle was diagnosed with mesothelioma after working in construction for many years.
• I heard that asbestos exposure can lead to mesothelioma, that's some scary stuff.
• Dealing with that toxic relationship was like having mesothelioma, it slowly ate away at me.