bagassosis
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bagassosis
(′bag·ə′sō·səs)
(medicine) A pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of bagasse dust, a dry sugarcane residue. Also known as bagasse disease.
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bag·as·so·sis
(băg'ə-sō'sĭs)
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n.
A respiratory disorder caused by dust from waste sugar cane fiber.
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bagassosis
IN BRIEF: n. - Alveolitis caused by inhaling sugarcane dust.
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bagassosis
A hypersensitivity pneumonitis of humans caused by inhalation of thermophilic actinomycetes in moldy bagasse.
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