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farmer's lung

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farm·er's lung (färmrz)
n.
An occupational disease affecting the lungs and characterized by chronic shortness of breath caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores present in moldy hay dust that has been inhaled.
farmer's lung
n
(Medicine / Pathology) inflammation of the alveoli of the lungs caused by an allergic response to fungal spores in hay
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Noun1.farmer's lung - alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay
thresher's lung
alveolitis - inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust; with repeated exposure the condition may become chronic


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The microscopic bronchiolar changes in chronic pigeon breeder's disease appeared different from those described for farmer's lung (15).
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