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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust;
[syn: anthracosis, black lung, black lung disease, coal miner's lung]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Anthracosis \An`thra*co"sis\, n. [NL. See Anthrax.] (Med.) A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner's phthisis. See also the related conditions pneumomelanosis and pneumoconiosis (black lung). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

anthracosis n 1: lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust [syn: anthracosis, black lung, black lung disease, coal miner's lung]