phossy jaw
/ˈfɒsi
/noun [mass noun] historical, informal
Gangrene of the jawbone caused by phosphorus poisoning.Many of the women suffered from ‘phossy jaw’, a particularly nasty form of bone cancer caused by handling the yellow phosphorus used in match production....
- Phossy jaw is a very distressing form of industrial disease.
Origin
Late 19th century: phossy by abbreviation of phosphorus necrosis, denoting gangrene of the jaw.
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