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lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust

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