SINCE 1828
bagassosis
noun
bag·as·so·sis
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plural bagassoses\ -ˌsēz
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Medical Definition of bagassosis
: 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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