black lung

English

Noun

black lung (uncountable)

(pathology) A chronic disease of the lungs caused by the long-term inhalation of coal dust.
Synonyms: coal worker's pneumoconiosis, CWP, miner's cough, miner's lung

Hypernym: pneumoconiosis

Hyponyms: anthracosis, anthracosilicosis

Translations

coal dust pneumoconiosis

French: silicose (fr) f
Irish: scamhóg dhubh f

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