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woodworker's lung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wood-work-er's lung
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lung disease caused by the inhalation of wood dust, such as saw dust and sanding dust.

Uncountable

Etymology

From woodworker + lung. From being a lung disease acquired by those who work with wood.

Usage

Inflected Forms

woodworker lung (alternative) woodworkers lung (alternative) woodworkers' lung (alternative)

Synonyms

mahogany lung

Questions

What does woodworker's lung mean?
A lung disease caused by the inhalation of wood dust, such as saw dust and sanding dust.
Where does woodworker's lung come from?
From woodworker + lung. From being a lung disease acquired by those who work with wood.

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