"black lung" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} black lung (uncountable)
  1. (pathology) A chronic disease of the lungs caused by the long-term inhalation of coal dust. Wikipedia link: coalworker's pneumoconiosis Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Coal, Diseases Synonyms: coal worker's pneumoconiosis, CWP, miner's cough, miner's lung Translations (coal dust pneumoconiosis): silicose [feminine] (French), scamhóg dhubh [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-black_lung-en-noun-CSBIakP6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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