English Explanatory Dictionary

black lung

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chronic disease of the lungs caused by the long-term inhalation of coal dust.

Word forms

black lung

Synonyms

coalworker's pneumoconiosis CWP miner's cough miner's lung miner's disease
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