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byssinosis definition

bys·si·no·sis (bis′ə nō′sis)

noun

brown lung (disease)

Etymology: ModL < L byssinus, made of byssus (see byssus) + -osis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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