| Definition of 'farmer's lung' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) farmer's lung, thresher's lung
alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay
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| Definition of 'farmer's lung' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. farmer's lung
A form of alveolitis or pneumonitis due to an acquired hypersensitivity to inhaled antigens associated with farm environment. Antigens in the farm dust are commonly from bacteria actinomycetes (SACCHAROPOLYSPORA and THERMOACTINOMYCES), fungi, and animal proteins in the soil, straw, crops, pelts, serum, and excreta.
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