farmer’s lung

noun

1. a lung disorder caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, marked by shortness of breath, dry cough, and weight loss.

noun

1. inflammation of the alveoli of the lungs caused by an allergic response to fungal spores in hay

n.

1. An occupational disease characterized by fever and dyspnea, caused by inhalation of organic dust from moldy hay containing spores of actinomycetes and certain fungi.