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Byssinosis vs Bagassosis - What's the difference?

byssinosis | bagassosis |

As nouns the difference between byssinosis and bagassosis

is that byssinosis is a lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments while bagassosis is a pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from sugarcane processing.

byssinosis

English

Noun

(-)
  • A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.

    • Synonyms

    * brown lung * brown lung disease * Monday fever

    See also

    * (wikipedia "byssinosis")

    References

    * The Oxford Paperback Dictionary fourth edition. ISBN 0-19-280012-4 * Webster's Third New International Dictionary (Unabridged) 1976. G. & C. Merriam Co.

    bagassosis

    English

    Noun

    (bagassoses)
  • (medicine) A pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from sugarcane processing

    • Related terms

    * bagasse