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noun
A chronic disease of the lungs caused by the long-term inhalation of coal dust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: coalworker's pneumoconiosis, CWP, miner's cough, miner's lung, miner's disease
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pneumoconiosis
noun
lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: anthracosis, black lung disease, coal miner's lung
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pneumoconiosis, pneumonoconiosis
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