byssinosis

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Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin byssinum (“linen cloth”) via Latin byssus + New Latin -osis.

Noun[edit]

byssinosis (usually uncountable, plural byssinoses)

  1. A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.

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References[edit]

  • The Oxford Paperback Dictionary fourth edition. →ISBN
  • Webster's Third New International Dictionary (Unabridged) 1976. G. & C. Merriam Co.
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