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Definition: Black Lung |
Black LungNoun1. Lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Medicine | A well-defined medical entity resulting from the depositions of coal mine dust in the lung and from the reaction to the deposited dust resulting in coal macules, coal nodules, and progressive massive fibrosis(1). Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: Black LungSynonyms: anthracosis (n), black lung disease (n), coal miner's lung (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Black Lung |
| English words defined with "black lung": black lung disease. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "black lung": Alternative Measures of income. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Pneumoconiosis, or Black Lung Disease, is a job related disease caused by continued exposure to excessive amounts of coal mine dust. This dust becomes imbedded in the lungs, causing them to harden, making breathing very difficult.Credit: CDC. | |
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Expression using "black lung": black lung disease. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
black lung | 74 |
black lung disease | 35 |
black lung benefit | 6 |
black lung picture | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "black lung"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | bjergmandslunge (black spit, coal miner's lung, coal miner's pneumoconiosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, coal workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworker's pneumoconiosis, coal-workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworkers'pneumoconiosis, collier's anthracosis, collier's asthma, collier's lung, collier's phthisis, colliers'anthracosis, colliers'asthma, colliers'black spit, colliers'lung, colliers'phtisis, miners'asthma, miners'black lung, miners'dyspnea), minearbejderlunge (black spit, coal miner's lung, coal miner's pneumoconiosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, coal workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworker's pneumoconiosis, coal-workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworkers'pneumoconiosis, collier's anthracosis, collier's asthma, collier's lung, collier's phthisis, colliers'anthracosis, colliers'asthma, colliers'black spit, colliers'lung, colliers'phtisis, miners'asthma, miners'black lung, miners'dyspnea), kul-pneumoconiose (black spit, coal miner's lung, coal miner's pneumoconiosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, coal workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworker's pneumoconiosis, coal-workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworkers'pneumoconiosis, collier's anthracosis, collier's asthma, collier's lung, collier's phthisis, colliers'anthracosis, colliers'asthma, colliers'black spit, colliers'lung, colliers'phtisis, miners'asthma, miners'black lung, miners'dyspnea), antrakose (black spit, coal miner's lung, coal miner's pneumoconiosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, coal workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworker's pneumoconiosis, coal-workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworkers'pneumoconiosis, collier's anthracosis, collier's asthma, collier's lung, collier's phthisis, colliers'anthracosis, colliers'asthma, colliers'black spit, colliers'lung, colliers'phtisis, miners'asthma, miners'black lung, miners'dyspnea), antracose (black spit, coal miner's lung, coal miner's pneumoconiosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, coal workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworker's pneumoconiosis, coal-workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworkers'pneumoconiosis, collier's anthracosis, collier's asthma, collier's lung, collier's phthisis, colliers'anthracosis, colliers'asthma, colliers'black spit, colliers'lung, colliers'phtisis, miners'asthma, miners'black lung, miners'dyspnea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | mijnwerkersphtisis (black spit, coal miner's lung, coal miner's pneumoconiosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, coal workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworker's pneumoconiosis, coal-workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworkers'pneumoconiosis, collier's anthracosis, collier's asthma, collier's lung, collier's phthisis, colliers'anthracosis, colliers'asthma, colliers'black spit, colliers'lung, colliers'phtisis, miners'asthma, miners'black lung, miners'dyspnea), mijnwerkerslong (anthracosis, black phthisis, black spit, coal miner's lung, coal miner's pneumoconiosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, coal workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworker's pneumoconiosis, coal-workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworkers'pneumoconiosis, collier's anthracosis, collier's asthma, collier's lung, collier's phthisis, colliers'anthracosis, colliers'asthma, colliers'black spit, colliers'lung, colliers'phtisis, miner's pneumoconiosis, miners'asthma, miners'black lung, miners'dyspnea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | pneumoconiose des mineurs (black spit), pneumoconiose des houilleurs (black spit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Bergmannslunge (black spit, coal miner's lung, coal miner's pneumoconiosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, coal workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworker's pneumoconiosis, coal-workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworkers'pneumoconiosis, collier's anthracosis, collier's asthma, collier's lung, collier's phthisis, colliers'anthracosis, colliers'asthma, colliers'black spit, colliers'lung, colliers'phtisis, miners'asthma, miners'black lung, miners'dyspnea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | πνευμονοπάθεια των ανθρακωρύχων (black spit, coal miner's lung, coal miner's pneumoconiosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, coal workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworker's pneumoconiosis, coal-workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworkers'pneumoconiosis, collier's anthracosis, collier's asthma, collier's lung, collier's phthisis, colliers'anthracosis, colliers'asthma, colliers'black spit, colliers'lung, colliers'phtisis, miners'asthma, miners'black lung, miners'dyspnea), ανθράκωσις (anthracnose, black spit, coal miner's lung, coal miner's pneumoconiosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, coal workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworker's pneumoconiosis, coal-workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworkers'pneumoconiosis, collier's anthracosis, collier's asthma, collier's lung, collier's phthisis, colliers'anthracosis, colliers'asthma, colliers'black spit, colliers'lung, colliers'phtisis, miners'asthma, miners'black lung, miners'dyspnea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | pneumoconiosi dei minatori di carbone (black spit, coal miner's lung, coal miner's pneumoconiosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, coal workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworker's pneumoconiosis, coal-workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworkers'pneumoconiosis, collier's anthracosis, collier's asthma, collier's lung, collier's phthisis, colliers'anthracosis, colliers'asthma, colliers'black spit, colliers'lung, colliers'phtisis, miners'asthma, miners'black lung, miners'dyspnea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 炭肺 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | た"はい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ackblay unglay antracose (anthracosis, black phthisis, miner's pneumoconiosis). (various references) antracosis (anthracosis, black phthisis, black spit, coal miner's lung, coal miner's pneumoconiosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, coal workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworker's pneumoconiosis, coal-workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworkers'pneumoconiosis, collier's anthracosis, collier's asthma, collier's lung, collier's phthisis, colliers'anthracosis, colliers'asthma, colliers'black spit, colliers'lung, colliers'phtisis, miner's pneumoconiosis, miners'asthma, miners'black lung, miners'dyspnea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-g-k-l-l-n-u" | |
-3 letters: glucan. | |
-4 letters: baulk, black, blank, bulla, caulk, clang, clank, clung, clunk. | |
-5 letters: back, balk, ball, bang, bank, buck, bulk, bull, bung, bunk, calk, call, caul, clag, clan, club, cull, gall, gaun, guan, guck, gull, gunk, kagu, kuna, lack, lang, lank, luck, luna, lung, lunk, null, ulan, ulna. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 61 63 6B      4C 75 6E 67 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01001100 01110101 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l a c k   L u n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0061 0063 006B      004C 0075 006E 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3678676977246878073 |
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