- farmer's lung
- noun Date: 1945 an acute pulmonary disorder characterized by sudden onset, fever, cough, expectoration, and breathlessness that results from the inhalation of spores in dust from moldy hay or straw
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farmer’s lung — noun A lung disease caused by the spores of the fungus actinomycetes which develop in hay baled while it is still damp ● farm … Useful english dictionary
farmer's lung — a lung disorder caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, marked by shortness of breath, dry cough, and weight loss. [1940 45] * * * ▪ pathology also called thresher s lung or harvester s lung a pulmonary disorder that results from the… … Universalium
Farmer's lung — Infobox Disease Name = Farmers lung Caption = DiseasesDB = 29636 ICD10 = ICD10|J|67|0|j|60 ICD9 = ICD9|495.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 771 MeshID = D005203 Farmer s lung, not to be confused with silo filler… … Wikipedia
farmer's lung — farm·er s lung .fär mərz n an acute pulmonary disorder that is characterized by sudden onset, fever, cough, expectoration, and breathlessness and that results from the inhalation of dust from moldy hay or straw * * * an occupational lung disease… … Medical dictionary
farmer's lung disease of cattle — a disease in cattle similar to farmer s lung in humans, caused by hypersensitivity to moldy hay contaminated by Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula or Thermoactinomyces vulgaris … Medical dictionary
farmer's lung — an occupational lung disease caused by allergy to fungal spores that grow in inadequately dried stored hay, straw, or grain, which then becomes mouldy. It is an allergic alveolitis, such as also results from sensitivity to many other allergens.… … The new mediacal dictionary
farmer's lung — noun alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay • Syn: ↑thresher s lung • Hypernyms: ↑alveolitis … Useful english dictionary
Farmer's lung — Type III hypersensitivity response to Micropolyspora faeni, a thermophilic bacterium found in mouldy hay. Conveniently afflicts Joe Grundy in BBC Radio 4&’s The Archers … Dictionary of molecular biology
farmer's lung — noun informal term for aspergillosis … English new terms dictionary
Легкое ""Фермера"" (Farmer'S Lung) — профессиональное заболевание легких, возникающее в результате аллергии; вызывается грибковыми спорами, которые начинают расти в оставленном на хранение, но плохо высушенном сене, соломе или хлебных злаках, в результате чего быстро плесневеют.… … Медицинские термины
