FARMERS LUNG
\fˈɑːməz lˈʌŋ], \fˈɑːməz lˈʌŋ], \f_ˈɑː_m_ə_z l_ˈʌ_ŋ]\
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Systemic and pulmonary reactions resulting from inhalation of dust from moldy hay, threshing dust, or moldy straw, by persons who have become hypersensitive to antigens in the dust. It is most often associated with inhalation of spores of Micromonospora faeni or Thermoactinomyces vulgaris. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
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dust storm
- a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand a windstorm that lifts up clouds dust or sand; "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years"