black lung

English

Noun

black lung (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A chronic disease of the lungs caused by the long-term inhalation of coal dust.

   Synonyms: coal worker's pneumoconiosis, CWP, miner's cough, miner's lung

   Hypernym: pneumoconiosis

   Hyponyms: anthracosis, anthracosilicosis

Translations

coal dust pneumoconiosis

• French: silicose (fr) f
• Irish: scamhóg dhubh f