| worker | 1. One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass. "Professors of holiness, but workers of iniquity." (Shak) 2. <zoology> One of the neuter, or sterile, individuals of the social ants, bees, and white ants. The workers are generally females having the sexual organs imperfectly developed. See Ant, and White ant, under White. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| workers' compensation | Insurance coverage providing compensation and medical benefits to individuals because of work-connected injuries or disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| paper mill worker's disease | <chest medicine> Extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by moldy wood pulp containing spores of Alternaria fungi. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| malt-worker's lung | <chest medicine> Extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by inhalation of spores of Aspergillus clavatus and Aspergillus fumigatus from contaminated barley during the manufacture of beer. (22 Sept 2002) |
| pearl-worker's disease | Inflammatory hypertrophy of the bones affecting grinders of mother-of-pearl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cheese worker's lung | Extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by inhalation of spores of Penicillium casei from moldy cheese. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coal worker's pneumoconiosis | <chest medicine> A form of chronic clung disease which develops after prolonged exposure to coal dust. Advanced disease and scarring is evident on chest X-ray. Symptoms include wheezing, chronic cough and shortness of breath. (27 Sep 1997) |
| pitch-worker's cancer | Carcinoma of the skin of the face or neck, arms and hands, or the scrotum, resulting from exposure to carcinogens in pitch, which occurs naturally as asphalt, or as a residue in the distillation of tar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mushroom-worker's lung | <chest medicine> Extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by inhalation of spores of the mold Thermopolyspora polyspora, Thermoactinomyces vulgaris, Micropolyspora faeni or Micromonospora vulgaris from contaminated mushrooms under cultivation or mushroom compost. (22 Sep 2002) |
| healthy worker effect | Phenomenon of workers' usually exhibiting overall death rates lower than those of the general population due to the fact that the severely ill and disabled are ordinarily excluded from employment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| social worker | <specialist> An individual, usually with a university degree in social work, who provides counsel and aid to individuals with emotional and family problems. (05 Mar 2000) |