| 单词 | farmer's lung |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfarmer's lung farmer's lung n. (also farmers' lung) an inflammation of the lungs resulting from sensitization of the immune system to mould spores present esp. in damp hay. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [noun] > disorders of lungs > caused by fungus or parasite pneumotyphus1846 pneumonomycosis1875 pneumomycosis1890 psittacosis1896 aspergillosis1898 histoplasmosis1907 nocardiosis1907 parrot disease1908 torulosis1929 coccidioidomycosis1937 valley fever1938 ornithosis1939 farmer's lung1944 parrot fever1947 San Joaquin Valley fever1958 1937 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) 16 Sept. 11/1 (headline) Farmers' lung disease seen.] 1944 Public Health 57 118/1 Dr. Pickles began with a description of a prevalent complaint known as ‘farmer's lung’, an illness with a peculiar cough and shortness of breath which was believed to be due to mouldy hay. 1970 Daily Tel. 8 Oct. 9/8 Farmers' lung, a rare disease caused by mouldy hay, killed Mr Joseph Bradley. 2007 M. Richards Growing Wild on Exmoor 94 He was already feeling the effect of his farmer's lung, a kind of emphysema caught from handling fusty hay in an era when no one wore masks. < as lemmas |
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