Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Edition

anthracosis

(ăn-thră-kō′sĭs)
[Pronunciation]
[″ + osis, condition]

Accumulation of carbon deposits in the lungs due to inhalation of smoke or coal dust.

SYN: black lung

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