black lung

English

Noun

black lung (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A chronic disease of the lungs caused by the long-term inhalation of coal dust.

   Synonyms: coal worker's pneumoconiosis, CWP, miner's cough, miner's lung; miner's disease (sometimes synonymous)

   Hypernym: pneumoconiosis

   Hyponyms: anthracosis, anthracosilicosis

   • 1989 December 3, Pam Mitchell, Ronnie Gilbert, “Carrying On The Honorable Tradition Of 'Protest Music'”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 21, page 9:

     Thousands of miners have given their lives and their health. They've got black lung, they can't work. The Pittston company is trying to cut off their health benefits by various means. That's what the strike is about.

Translations

coal dust pneumoconiosis

• French: silicose (fr) f
• Irish: scamhóg dhubh f