Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See black lung.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Apulmonary affection produced by the inhalation of coal-dust, as by colliers. The particles, taken into the tissues of the lungs, are apt to produce more or less inflammation in the form of bronchitis or diffuse pneumonitis.
Wiktionary
- n. A relatively mild pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Med.) A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also
collier's lung andminer's phthisis . See also the related conditions pneumomelanosis and pneumoconiosis (black lung).
WordNet 3.0
- n. lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
Etymologies
- New Latin : Greek anthrax, anthrak-, charcoal + -osis. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Other health hazards specific to underground coal mining include coal dust, which can cause coal workers pneumoconiosis or anthracosis, often combined with silicosis.”
“Very minute, inorganic foreign bodies may become encysted as in anthracosis.”
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