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brown lung (disease)

a chronic disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of fine textile fibers, esp. cotton; byssinosis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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