- soot cancer
- chimney-sweeps' c.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
soot cancer
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Soot wart — (or chimney sweep s cancer) is a squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the scrotum. It has the distinction of being the first reported form of occupational cancer, and was initially identified by Percival Pott in 1775.The name came about as it… … Wikipedia
Soot — For other uses, see Soot (disambiguation). Emission of soot from a large diesel truck, without particle filters Soot ( … Wikipedia
soot wart — a precancerous lesion on the skin caused by long term exposure to soot; see chimney sweeps cancer, under cancer … Medical dictionary
Mule spinners' cancer — or Mule spinners cancer was a cancer, an epithelioma of the scrotum. It was first reported in 1887 in a cotton mule spinner.[1] In 1926 a British Home Office committee strongly favoured the view that this form of cancer was caused by the… … Wikipedia
chimney sweeps' cancer — a type of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the scrotum that was formerly common in chimney sweeps owing to skin irritation by soot. Called also soot c … Medical dictionary
рак трубочистов — rus рак (м) трубочистов eng chimney sweep s cancer, soot cancer fra cancer (m) des ramoneurs deu Schornsteinfegerkrebs (m) spa cáncer (m) de los deshollinadores, cáncer (m) por hollín … Безопасность и гигиена труда. Перевод на английский, французский, немецкий, испанский языки
Schornsteinfegerkrebs — (m) eng chimney sweep s cancer, soot cancer … Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz Glossar
Chimney sweep — Chimney sweeper redirects here. For the geometer moth, see Odezia atrata. Chimney sweep in the 1850s A chimney sweep is a worker who clears ash and soot from chimneys. The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of gas to… … Wikipedia
Chimney Sweeps' carcinoma — Chimney sweep s cancer called Soot wart, is a squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the scrotum. It has the distinction of being the first reported form of occupational cancer, and was initially identified by Percival Pott in 1775. The name came … Wikipedia
environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… … Universalium
