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bagassosis

noun bag·as·so·sis \ ˌbag-ə-ˈsō-səs \

medical Definition of bagassosis

plural bagassoses play \-ˌsēz\
: an industrial disease characterized by cough, difficult breathing, chills, fever, and prolonged weakness and caused by the inhalation of the dust of bagasse

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