brown lung (disease)
Origin of byssinosis
Modern Latin from Classical Latin byssinus, made of byssus (see byssus) + -osisbyssinosis
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byssinosis
noun
An occupational respiratory disease caused by the long-term inhalation of cotton, flax, or hemp dust and characterized by shortness of breath, coughing, and wheezing. Also called brown lung disease .
Origin of byssinosis
Late Latin byssinum linen garment ( from Latin byssus linen cloth ; see byssus . ) -osisTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.
Origin
From Late Latin byssinum (“linen cloth”) via byssus + New Latin -osis.
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byssinosis - Medical Definition
n.
An occupational respiratory disease caused by the long-term inhalation of cotton, flax, or hemp dust and characterized by shortness of breath, coughing, and wheezing. Also called brown lung disease
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