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lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
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Definitions
- n. lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
- A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner's phthisis.
- A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to theinhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner'sphthisis.
- n. lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust