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farmer's lung

NOUN
  1. alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay

How To Use farmer's lung In A Sentence

  • One form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis is known as farmer's lung because the farmer inhales thermophilic actinomycetes in moldy hay that set off the reaction.
  • Farmer's lung disease is a hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by the inhalation of thermophilic actinomycetes that grow in moldy hay or straw.
  • Farmer's lung disease is a hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by the inhalation of thermophilic actinomycetes that grow in moldy hay or straw.
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