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Meaning of ANTHRACOSIS

Pronunciation:  `anthru'kowsis

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
 
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 Synonyms: black lung, black lung disease, coal miner's lung
 
 See Also: pneumoconiosis, pneumonoconiosis

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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}.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: This is a lung disease that causes inflammation and fibrosis of the lung; it is caused by inhaling carbon (usually coal) dust.
 

 

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