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white lung

American  

noun

  1. asbestosis.


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When looking at specific counties, the researchers found white lung cancer patients' mortality rate remained steady between diverse and predominantly white counties - between about 50 percent and 53 percent.

From Reuters

The air was suffocating to white lungs, what with human emanations combined with the thick fumes of kinnikinic.

From Project Gutenberg

That compared to white lung cancer patients whose lung cancer mortality rate did not seem to change between segregated and diverse areas.

From Reuters