coal miner's disease

coal miner's disease
pulmonary anthracosis, coal miner's disease
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  • Coal miner’s pneumoconiosis — Also known as black lung disease, this lung condition is the direct result of coal mining. The silica mineral and carbon in the dust raised by coal mining can cause a serious chronic lung disease. Emphysema occurs first, followed by scarring and… …   Medical dictionary

  • coal miner's lung — noun lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust • Syn: ↑anthracosis, ↑black lung, ↑black lung disease • Hypernyms: ↑pneumoconiosis, ↑pneumonoconiosis …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pneumoconiosis, coal miner’s — Also known as black lung disease, this lung disorder is the direct result of coal mining. The silica mineral and carbon in the dust raised by coal mining can cause a serious chronic lung disease. Emphysema occurs first, followed by scarring and… …   Medical dictionary

  • Coal power in the People's Republic of China — Entrance to a small coal mine in China. A coal shipme …   Wikipedia

  • Disease, black lung — Lung disease that is the direct result of coal mining. The silica mineral and carbon in the dust raised by coal mining can cause this serious chronic lung disease. Emphysema occurs first, followed by scarring and nodule formation in the lung… …   Medical dictionary

  • Coal mining — Men leaving a UK colliery at the close of a shift Surface coal mining in Wyo …   Wikipedia

  • Coal breaker — A coal breaking plant, depicted on a postcard in 1907. A coal breaker was a coal processing plant which broke coal into various useful sizes. Coal breakers also removed impurities from the coal (typically slate) and deposited them into a culm… …   Wikipedia

  • miner's phthisis — Anthracosis An thra*co sis, n. [NL. See {Anthrax}.] (Med.) A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; called also {collier s lung} and {miner s phthisis}. See also the related conditions… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • miner's asthma — noun or miner s consumption : pneumoconiosis * * * miner s asthma, 1. a lung disease caused by inhalation of coal dust; anthracosis. 2. = pneumoconiosis. (Cf. ↑pneumoconiosis) …   Useful english dictionary

  • miner's nystagmus — an occupational disease of coal miners consisting of abnormal eye movements associated with other signs and symptoms; it is considered by some to be related to poor lighting and by others as a functional disorder …   Medical dictionary

  • Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911 — The Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911 was a strike by coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America. The strike is also known as the Slovak strike because about 70 percent of the miners were Slovakian immigrants.It… …   Wikipedia


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