"byssinosis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbɪsɪˈnəʊsɪs/ Forms: byssinoses [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin byssinum (“linen cloth”) via Latin byssus + New Latin -osis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|byssinum||linen cloth}} Late Latin byssinum (“linen cloth”), {{der|en|la|byssus}} Latin byssus, {{der|en|NL.|-osis}} New Latin -osis Head templates: {{en-noun|-|byssinoses}} byssinosis (usually uncountable, plural byssinoses)
  1. A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Pathology Synonyms: brown lung, brown lung disease, Monday fever

Inflected forms

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