Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun farmer's_lung

1 sense of farmer's lung

Sense 1
farmer's lung, thresher's lung -- (alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay)
       => alveolitis -- (inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust; with repeated exposure the condition may become chronic)