black lung
English
Noun
black lung (uncountable)
- (pathology) A chronic disease of the lungs caused by the long-term inhalation of coal dust.
Synonyms
- coalworker's pneumoconiosis
- coal worker's pneumoconiosis
- CWP
- miner's cough
Hypernyms
- pneumoconiosis
Hyponyms
- anthracosis
- anthracosilicosis
Translations
coal dust pneumoconiosis
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