byssinosis
noun
bys·si·no·sis
ˌbi-sə-ˈnō-səs 
plural byssinoses
ˌbi-sə-ˈnō-ˌsēz
: 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·si·no·sis
ˌbis-ə-ˈnō-səs
plural byssinoses
-ˌsēz
: 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
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