WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
farm′er's lung′, 
  1. Pathologya lung disorder caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, marked by shortness of breath, dry cough, and weight loss.
  • 1940–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
farmer's lung
  1. inflammation of the alveoli of the lungs caused by an allergic response to fungal spores in hay

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