anthracosis Med.
(ænθrəˈkəʊsɪs)
[mod.L., f. Gr. ἀνθρακ-, ἄνθραξ anthrax + -osis.]
Deposition of carbon particles in the lung; also, a severer form of such deposition, e.g. coal miner's pneumoconiosis. Hence anthracotic (-ˈɒtɪk) a., pertaining to or affected with anthracosis.
| 1838 T. Stratton in Edin. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. XLIX. 490 Black infiltration of the whole lungs..has been called the black lung of coal miners, and may more shortly be defined anthracosis. 1848 Dunglison Med. Lex. (ed. 7), Anthracosis. 1875 C. H. Jones & Sieveking Path. Anat. (ed. 2) 492 ‘Colliers’ Phthisis', or as it has been called, anthrakosis. 1900 Jrnl. Exper. Med. V. 156 The cut section of the lungs, which were markedly anthracotic, was smooth. 1912 Adami & McCrae Pathol. 325 Section of an anthracotic lung. 1930 Engineering 25 Apr. 536/2 French experts consider that anthracosis, caused by coal-dust, is a form of silicosis. |