black lung disease

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

black lung disease
    n 1: lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust [syn:
         {anthracosis}, {black lung}, {black lung disease}, {coal
         miner's lung}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

black lung \black lung\ black lung disease \black lung disease\,
   n. (Med.)
   the popular name for a form of the chronic lung disease
   {pneumoconiosis} which is observed among coal miners, and is
   caused by the inhalation of coal dust. It is thus named
   because of the black appearance of the lungs
   ({pneumomelanosis}) of those affected with the disease. See
   also the related condition {anthracosis}.
   [PJC.]