(băg-ă-sō′sĭs)
[Pronunciation]
[Sp. bagazo, husks, + Gr. osis, condition]

A form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, due to inhalation of bagasse dust, the moldy, dusty fibrous waste of sugar cane after removal of the sugar-containing sap.
The dust contains antigens from thermophilic actinomycetes.