byssinosis

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byssinosis mill fever

Main Entry: bys·si·no·sis
Pronunciation: bis--n-ss
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -no·ses /-sz/
: an occupational respiratory disease associated with inhalation of cotton, flax, or hemp dust and characterized initially by chest tightness, shortness of breath, and cough, and eventually by irreversible lung disease -- called also brown lung, brown lung disease, mill fever