01 n. A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner's phthisis. …
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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 pneumomelanosis and pneumoconiosis (black lung).(Med.) Also: collier's lung, miner's phthisis See: pneumomelanosis, pneumoconiosis, black lung