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farmer's lung

farmer's lung noun: a hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by inhaling dusts from hay or other agricultural products.

Noun

farmer's lung (uncountable)

  1. A hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by inhaling dusts from hay or other agricultural products.

Questions about farmer's lung

What does farmer's lung mean?
Farmer's lung means a hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by inhaling dusts from hay or other agricultural products.
What part of speech is farmer's lung?
Farmer's lung is a noun.

Words near farmer's lung in the dictionary

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  2. Farmer Mac
  3. farmer sausage
  4. farmer sausages
  5. farmer's daughter
  6. farmer's lung
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