byssinosis
noun
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plural byssinoses\ 藢bi-s蓹-藞n艒-藢s膿z
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Definition of byssinosis
: 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
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byssinosis
noun
bys路si路no路sis
| \ 藢bis-蓹-藞n艒-s蓹s
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plural byssinoses\ -藢s膿z
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Medical Definition of byssinosis
: 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