miner's asthma
1miner's asthma — n PNEUMOCONIOSIS …
2miner's asthma — noun or miner s consumption : pneumoconiosis * * * miner s asthma, 1. a lung disease caused by inhalation of coal dust; anthracosis. 2. = pneumoconiosis. (Cf. ↑pneumoconiosis) …
3miner's consumption — noun see miner s asthma …
4Asthma — For other uses, see Asthma (disambiguation). Asthma Classification and external resources Peak flow meters are used to measure one s peak expiratory flow rate ICD 10 …
5asthma — An inflammatory disease of the lungs characterized by reversible (in most cases) airway obstruction. Originally, a term used to mean “difficult breathing”; now used to denote bronchial a.. SYN: reactive airway disease. [G.] atopic a. bronchial …
6Pneumoconiosis — Deposition of particulate matter (such as asbestos and silicon) in the lungs. * * * pneu·mo·co·ni·o·sis .n(y)ü mō .kō nē ō səs n, pl o·ses .sēz a disease of the lungs caused by the habitual inhalation of irritants (as mineral or metallic… …
7occupational disease — 1. Also called industrial disease. a disease caused by the conditions or hazards of a particular occupation. 2. a trait or tendency that develops among members of a particular profession: Cynicism was thought to be an occupational disease of… …
8Osteopontin — Secreted phosphoprotein 1 Rendering based on PDB 3CXD …
9Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …
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