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Definition: Farmer's Lung |
Farmer's LungNoun1. Alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | An occupational disease characterized by fever and dyspnea, caused by inhalation of organic dust from moldy hay containing spores of antinomycetes and certain true fungi, which thrive in the elevated temperatures of hay lofts. (references) |
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Synonym: Farmer's LungSynonym: thresher's lung (n). (additional references) |
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Health | These include such granulomatous diseases as berylliosis (a disease resulting from exposure to beryllium metal), tuberculosis, farmer's lung disease (hypersensitivity pneumonitis), fungal infections, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, and cancer of the lymph nodes (lymphoma). (references) | |
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| Language | Translations for "farmer's lung"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | farmer's lung (farmers'lung), tærskestøvslunge (farmers'lung), tærskerlunge (farmers'lung). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | boerenlong (farmers'lung). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | poumon du fermier (farmers'lung), poumon de fermier (farmer's disease, farmers'lung). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Farmerlunge (farmer's disease, farmers'lung), Erntearbeiterlunge (farmers'lung). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | polmone dell'agricoltore (farmers'lung), polmone dei fienatori (farmers'lung), pneumopatia dell'agricoltore (farmers'lung). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | armer'sfay unglay pulmón del granjero (farmers'lung). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-e-f-g-l-m-n-r-r-s-u" | |
-4 letters: flaneurs, flangers, fraenums, fugleman, funerals, granules, manglers, manurers, mensural, numerals, regulars, surnamer. | |
-5 letters: almners, angelus, anglers, arguers, armfuls, armsful, armures, earfuls, engrams, engulfs, farmers, ferrums, ferulas, flagmen, flamens, flamers, flaneur, flanger, flanges, fraenum, framers, frenula, frenums, fulmars, funeral, fungals, furanes, furlers, garners, germans, granule, lagunes, langues, langurs, lungers, mangels, mangers, mangler, mangles. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 72 6D 65 72 27 73      4C 75 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01110010 01101101 01100101 01110010 00100111 01110011 00100000 01001100 01110101 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a r m e r ' s   L u n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0072 006D 0065 0072 0027 0073      004C 0075 006E 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)406784797184985246878073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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