lung disease of miners

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• black lung disease — black lung lack lung black lung disease lack lung disease, n. (Med.) the popular name for a form of the chronic lung disease {pneumoconiosis} which is observed among coal miners, and is caused by the inhalation of coal dust. It is thus named… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Disease, occupational — A disease due to a factor in a person s occupation. Occupational medicine was founded by the Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini (1633 1714). His De Morbis Artificium (On Artificially Caused Diseases) published in 1700 was the first systematic …   Medical dictionary

• Lung cancer — Classification and external resources Cross section of a human lung. The white area in the upper lobe is cancer; the black areas are discoloration due to smoking. ICD 10 C …   Wikipedia

• occupational disease — oc·cu·pa·tion·al disease /ˌä kyə pā shə nəl / n: an ailment that results from the characteristic conditions or functions of one s employment rather than from the ordinary risks to which the general public is exposed and that renders one eligible… …   Law dictionary

• Miners' Lung: A History of Dust Disease in British Coal Mining — Miners’ Lung: A History of Dust Disease in British Coal Mining by Arthur McIvor and Ronald Johnston is a 2007 book (ISBN 978 0 7546 3673 1) which is part of the Studies in Labour History series. The book argues that British coal mining is the… …   Wikipedia

• Occupational disease — A disease due to a factor in a person s occupation. Occupational medicine was founded by the Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini (1633 1714). His De Morbis Artificium (On Artificially Caused Diseases) published in 1700 was the first systematic …   Medical dictionary

• lung cancer — Malignant tumour of the lung. Four major types (squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, large cell carcinoma, and small cell carcinoma) have roughly equal prevalence. Most cases are due to long term cigarette smoking. Heavy smoking and starting… …   Universalium

• lung — One of a pair of viscera occupying the pulmonary cavities of the thorax, the organs of respiration in which aeration of the blood takes place. In humans, the right l. is slightly larger than the left and is divided into three lobes (an upper, a… …   Medical dictionary

• black lung — noun lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust • Syn: ↑anthracosis, ↑black lung disease, ↑coal miner s lung • Hypernyms: ↑pneumoconiosis, ↑pneumonoconiosis * * * noun : a disease of the lungs caused by habit …   Useful english dictionary

• black lung — pneumoconiosis of coal miners, caused by coal dust; anthracosis. [1905 10] * * * ▪ disease also called  Black lung Disease, or Coal workers Pneumoconiosis,         respiratory disorder, a type of pneumoconiosis caused by repeated inhalation of… …   Universalium

• respiratory disease — ▪ human disease Introduction  any of the diseases and disorders that affect human respiration (respiration, human).  Diseases of the respiratory system may affect any of the structures and organs that have to do with breathing, including the… …   Universalium