Crossword clues for anthracosis
anthracosis
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anthracosis
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 and pneumoconiosis ( black lung).
Wiktionary
anthracosis
n. A relatively mild pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal.
WordNet
anthracosis
n. lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust [syn: black lung, black lung disease, coal miner's lung]
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.