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Lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
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anthracosis
Word definitions for anthracosis in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anthracosis \An`thra*co"sis\, n. [NL. See Anthrax .] (Med.) A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner's phthisis . See also the related conditions pneumomelanosis ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust [syn: black lung , black lung disease , coal miner's lung ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A relatively mild pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal.
Usage examples of anthracosis.
She spied the little one who was living in Mahakam with seven gnomes, whom she convinced that it paid better to waylay merchants than to chance their lungs to anthracosis in the mines.