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potter's asthma

potter's asthma noun: emphysema of the lungs, once common among potters.

Noun

potter's asthma (uncountable)

  1. emphysema of the lungs, once common among potters
    • A species of asthma is rather common in some parts of North Staffordshire , commonly styled " Potter's Asthma . " The symptoms are similar to those of moist asthma . The causes are referrible to the peculiar and unhealthy occupation1871, Robert Abercrombie, New medical system, eleventh edition
    • the people who worked there [the platemakers], he said, usually suffered from what is known as the potter's asthma.1885, George Moore, A Mummer's Wife

Questions about potter's asthma

What does potter's asthma mean?
Potter's asthma means emphysema of the lungs, once common among potters.
What part of speech is potter's asthma?
Potter's asthma is a noun.

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