pneumomelanosis

pneumomelanosis
Blackening of the lung tissue from the inhalation of coal dust or other black particles. SEE ALSO: anthracosis. SYN: pneumonomelanosis. [G. pneumon, lung, + melanosis, a becoming black]

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pneu·mo·mel·a·no·sis (noo″mo-mel″ə-noґsis) [pneumo- + melanosis] the blackening of the lung tissue by inhaled coal dust, as in coal workers' pneumoconiosis.

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