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Home Dictionary Name: lungedblack lung
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 because of the black appearance of the lungs pneumomelanosis of those affected with the disease See also the related condition anthracosis...
Lunged
Having lungs or breathing organs similar to lungs...
Lung grown
Having lungs that adhere to the pleura...
inhaled
drawn into the lungs breathed in as inhaled smoke can damage the lungs Inverse of exhaled...
lights
The lungs of an animal or bird sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being...
Pleuropneumonia
Inflammation of the pleura and lungs a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia esp a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle...
Pulmonary
Of or pertaining to the lungs affecting the lungs pulmonic...
Bronchial
Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs...
Broncho pneumonia
Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs catarrhal pneumonia...
Bubonic plague
a severe and often fatal disease caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis formerly Pasteurella pestis transmitted to man by the bite of fleas themselves usually infected by biting infected rodents It is characterized by the formation of buboes most notably on the groin and armpits and accompanied by weakness and high fever The disease was known as the black death and was responsible for several devastating plagues throughout the middle ages When lungs became infected the disease was called the pneumonic plague It is still found occasionally in poor areas of undeveloped countries but is rare in developed countries...
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