单词 | anthracosis |
释义 | † anthracosisn.1 Medicine. Obsolete. A carbuncle, boil, or ulcer, esp. one on or near the eye; disease characterized by the presence of such lesions. Cf. anthrax n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess > boil boila1000 kyle1340 botcha1387 anthraxa1398 bealc1400 carbuncle?a1425 froncle1543 knub1563 anthracosis?1587 nail1600 big1601 ouche1612 bubuklea1616 bolwaie1628 coal1665 furuncle1676 Natal sore1851 gurry sore1897 ?1587 A. H. tr. J. Guillemeau Worthy Treat. Eyes (new ed.) ii. vi. sig. C8v Anthracosis [Fr. Anthracosis] in a generall sense, is a hard, crustie, fretting vlcer with flowing of humors, & swelling arising in anie part of the body, but speciallie in the eies about the beginning of pestilent Feuers hurting not onely the eie, but also the eie-lids. 1730 Dr. Allen's Synopsis Medicinæ II. x. 20 An Anthracosis, or Carbuncle of the Eye, is a very dangerous Tubercle, occasioned by Inflammation, and may be referred to an Ophthalmia. 1780 P. Degravers Compl. Treat. Human Eye 247 They [sc. the eye-lids] are subject to St. Anthony's fire, phlegmone, œdema,..anthracosis and adipous tumors. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). anthracosisn.2 Medicine. Accumulation of carbon particles in the lungs and certain other tissues, typically resulting from chronic inhalation of coal dust or smoke; lung disease attributed to this; an instance of such accumulation or disease. Cf. anthracosilicosis n.Anthracosis alone is now not believed to cause serious damage to the lungs. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [noun] > disorders of lungs > caused by dust or fibre stone-cutter's disease or phthisis1540 phthisis1821 black lung1837 anthracosis1838 shoddy fever1851 potter's consumption1863 siderosis1869 collier's phthisis1871 iron lung1872 chalicosis1878 pneumonoconiosis1878 tabacosis1879 byssinosis1881 pneumoconiosis1881 silicosis1881 potter's rot1895 fur-fever1905 stonemason's lung1905 asbestosis1927 anthracosilicosis1929 pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis1935 bagassosis1941 bagasse1943 berylliosis1943 thesaurosis1958 1838 T. Stratton in Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 49 490 Black infiltration of the whole lungs..has been called the black lung of coal miners, and may more shortly be defined anthracosis. 1881 Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. 15 395 According to the nature and character of the irritant, certain forms [of pneumokoniosis] are distinguished, the chief of which are anthracosis, chalicosis or silicosis, and siderosis. 1930 Engineering 25 Apr. 536/2 French experts consider that anthracosis, caused by coal-dust, is a form of silicosis. 1979 N.Y. Times 10 Dec. d11/2 The Federal Government ‘presumes’ that anyone who dies after working more than 25 years in a coal mine has breathed enough microscopic coal dust to contract the breath-robbing occupational disease that doctors call pneumoconiosis or anthracosis. 1983 K. Manchester Archaeol. of Dis. vi. 38/2 When man enjoyed the comforts of companionship by the open fire,..he did expose himself to the smoke inhalation and deposition of carbon particles in his lung tissue, a problem called anthracosis. 1998 C. Mims When we Die (1999) xi. 235 Pneumoconiosis..occurred, due to inhalation of sand in desert storms, and also anthracosis (carbon particles in lungs) due to inhalation of smoke from indoor fires used in cooking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1?1587n.21838 |
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