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FARMER'S LUNG

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Dictionary entry overview: What does farmer's lung mean?

• FARMER'S LUNG (noun)
The noun FARMER'S LUNG has 1 sense:

1. alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay

Familiarity information: FARMER'S LUNG used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FARMER'S LUNG (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

farmer's lung; thresher's lung

Hypernyms ("farmer's lung" is a kind of...):

alveolitis (inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust; with repeated exposure the condition may become chronic)

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