English Explanatory Dictionary

mule spinners' cancer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An epithelioma of the scrotum, believed to be caused by exposure to mineral oil.

Word forms

mule spinners' cancer mule spinner's cancer

Etymology

The condition was first reported in 1887 in a cotton mule spinner.

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