BLACK LUNG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black lung mean? 

• BLACK LUNG (noun)
  The noun BLACK LUNG has 1 sense:

1. lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust

  Familiarity information: BLACK LUNG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK LUNG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

anthracosis; black lung; black lung disease; coal miner's lung

Hypernyms ("black lung" is a kind of...):

pneumoconiosis; pneumonoconiosis (chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles)