Anthracosis

Introduction: Anthracosis

Description of Anthracosis

Anthracosis (medical condition): A condition characterized by the accumulation of carbon in the lungs caused by inhaled smoke or coal dust.

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Anthracosis: An often asymptomatic chronic lung disease caused by inhaling coal tust which then deposits in the lungs. Also called black lung disease, coal worker's pneumoconiosis or miner's pneumoconiosis.

Anthracosis: Pneumonoconiosis from accumulation of carbon from inhaled smoke or coal dust in the lungs.pneumomelanosis. SYN: collier lung, miner's lung (1). [anthraco- + G. -osis, condition]
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Anthracosis: lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust.
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Anthracosis as a Disease

Anthracosis (medical condition): See Anthracosis (disease information).
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Anthracosis: Related Diseases

Anthracosis: Anthracosis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Pneumoconiosis

More information on medical condition: Anthracosis:

• Information about Anthracosis
• Basic Summary for Anthracosis

Anthracosis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Anthracosis:

• anthracosilicosis
• anthracotic tuberculosis
• anthracosis
• simple coal worker's pneumoconiosis
• SCWP
• complicated coal worker's pneumoconiosis
• CCWP
• pulmonary massive fibrosis
• PMF
• coal macules
• emphysema
• Caplan syndrome
• Caplan's syndrome
• Caplan nodules
• Caplan lesions

Terms associated with Anthracosis:

Terms Similar to Anthracosis:

• Black lung disease
• Lung melanosis
• Coal worker's pneumoconiosis

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• black lung
• black lung disease
• coal miner's lung

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Broader terms for Anthracosis

• pneumoconiosis
• pneumonoconiosis

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Hierarchical classifications of Anthracosis

The following list attempts to classify Anthracosis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• pneumoconiosis,pneumonoconiosis
• respiratory disease,respiratory disorder,respiratory illness
• disease
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

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External links related to: Anthracosis

• eMedicine - Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis : Article by Julia E Richards, MD
• coal worker's pneumoconiosis
• Black Lung Disease - Blueprint for Health

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