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byssinosis
(bis″ĭ-no´sis)
a pulmonary disease seen in cotton textile workers and preparers of flax and soft hemp, due to inhalation of textile dust.
Two forms are distinguished: acute byssinosis, seen in those who return to work after an absence and marked by tightness of the chest, wheezing, and coughing; and chronic byssinosis, seen in those with years of exposure and marked by permanent dyspnea. Called also brown lung. adj., byssinot´ic., adj.

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