farmer's lung

farmer's lung

noun

Definition of FARMER'S LUNG

: an acute pulmonary disorder characterized by sudden onset, fever, cough, expectoration, and breathlessness that results from the inhalation of spores in dust from moldy hay or straw

First Known Use of FARMER'S LUNG

1945

Rhymes with FARMER'S LUNG

adder's-tongue, Aqua-Lung, bite one's tongue, double-hung, double-tongue, egg foo yong, hold one's tongue, mother tongue, triple-tongue, overstrung, underslung