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Black Lung

Definition: Black Lung

Black Lung

Noun

1. Lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Black Lung

DomainDefinitions

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Black Lung

Synonyms: anthracosis (n), black lung disease (n), coal miner's lung (n). (additional references)

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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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Commercial Usage: Black Lung

DomainTitle

Books

  • Black Lung Benefits Restoration Act : hearing of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, on S. 1781 ... March 15, 1994 (reference)

  • Digging Our Own Graves: Coal Miners and the Struggle over Black Lung Disease (Labor and Social Change) (reference)

  • Field hearing on improving the federal black lung benefits program : hearing before the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health, and Safety of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first s (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Photo Album: Black Lung

ThumbnailDescription & 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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Black Lung

Expression using "black lung": black lung disease. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Black Lung

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  black lung

74

  black lung disease

35

  black lung benefit

6

  black lung picture

5
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Modern Translations: Black Lung

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

   

Portuguese

  

antracose (anthracosis, black phthisis, miner's pneumoconiosis). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Black Lung

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Black Lung


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 6C 61 63 6B      4C 75 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01001100 01110101 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#108 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#32 &#76 &#117 &#110 &#103

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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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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