anthracosis
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Miners are prone to anthracosis or "black lung," divers to the bends and tennis players to bursitis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Coal miners are particularly susceptible to "black lung," or anthracosis, a disease caused by inhaling coal dust.
From Time Magazine Archive
Very minute, inorganic foreign bodies may become encysted as in anthracosis.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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