Usually means: Lung disease from cotton dust.
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  1. byssinosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. byssinosis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. byssinosis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. byssinosis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. byssinosis: Wordnik
  6. byssinosis: Wiktionary
  7. byssinosis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. byssinosis: Dictionary.com
  9. Byssinosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. byssinosis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. byssinosis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. byssinosis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Byssinosis: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  7. Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology (No longer online)
  8. Byssinosis: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  9. byssinosis: Medical dictionary
  10. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (byssinosis)

▸ noun:  A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.

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brown lung, coniosis, baritosis, bagassosis, berylliosis, tabacosis, asbestosis, anthracosilicosis, farmer's lung, anthracosis, more...

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brown lung, coniosis, baritosis, bagassosis, berylliosis, tabacosis, asbestosis, anthracosilicosis, farmer's lung, anthracosis, more...



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