byssinosis (Crossword)
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- Clue: Occupational disease
Answer: byssinosis
Definitions of “byssinosis”
If the answer you seek is not in the answers above these definitions may help solving your crossword puzzle.• Obstructive airway disease in people who work with unprocessed cotton
• A form of lung disease, resulting from inhalation of cotton flax or hemp dust
• A respiratory disease caused by prolonged inhalation of dust from textile fibers
• A pulmonary disease seen in cotton textile workers and preparers of flax and soft hemp
• Byssinosis is a lung disease caused by prolonged inhalation of fibre dust in textile factories
• Pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of dust and associated microbial contaminants and observed in cotton
• Respiratory disorder caused by inhalation of an endotoxin produced by bacteria in the fibres of cotton
• A form of occupational asthma, arising from exposure to inhaled cotton dust (among others) and causing permanent narrowing of the airways
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