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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A usually asymptomatic form of pneumoconiosis caused by deposition of coal dust in the lungs [which] is present in most urban dwellers.  2, record 1, English, - anthracosis

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

anthracosis: A histological term describing the accumulation of black pigment in lung tissue or in other organs. In the lung the accumulation often appears as macular lesions, usually in a centrilobular location, along the walls of bronchioles, but also along interlobular septa or in the subpleural space. This pigment is mainly composed of carbonaceous material and may originate from cigarette smoke (or other smoked drugs, such as crack cocaine), atmospheric pollution, residential exposure to wood (or biomass) smoke or occupational exposure to carbon-containing dusts, such as diesel exhaust, soot, fly ash, carbon black, graphite and coal. Thus a more or less marked degree of anthracosis may be found in nonsmoking urban residents from heavily polluted areas or in inhabitants (often females) of poor countries with a cold climate (so-called 'hut lung'). Anthracosis is only rarely associated with overt pulmonary disease, except after prolonged, heavy, usually occupational exposure, when the condition is preferably labelled as a pneumoconiosis, e.g. graphite pneumoconiosis (graphitosis) or coal workers pneumoconiosis. The latter pneumoconiosis is often called anthracosilicosis (particularly in continental Europe), because this pneumoconiosis has been considered to be caused predominantly by the silica content of coal dust. While this may be true in many instances, the use of anthracosilicosis to indicate coal worker's pneumoconiosis is probably not entirely appropriate, because the pathology of coal workers pneumoconiosis is different from that of silicosis.  3, record 1, English, - anthracosis

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Compare with "pneumoconiosis of coal workers" and "anthracosilicosis."  4, record 1, English, - anthracosis

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Noircissement du poumon dû à l’inhalation de poussières de charbon.  2, record 1, French, - anthracose

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le terme «anthracose» est parfois employé pour désigner la «pneumoconiose des houilleurs». Voir aussi cette fiche, de même que «anthracosilicose».  3, record 1, French, - anthracose

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Variedad de neumoconiosis producida por la inhalación de polvo de carbón.  1, record 1, Spanish, - antracosis

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Massive fibrosis of the lungs marked by shortness of breath from inhalation of carbon and quartz dusts.  2, record 2, English, - anthracosilicosis

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Not to be confused with "anthracosis" (q.v.), which is a benign deposition of coal dust within the lungs from inhalation of sooty air, and with "coal workers pneumoconiosis" (q.v.), a severe form of anthracosis associated with overt pulmonary disease resulting from prolonged, heavy occupational exposure to coal dust.  3, record 2, English, - anthracosilicosis

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Pneumoconiose mixte résultant de l’association d’une anthracose et d’une silicose.  1, record 2, French, - anthracosilicose

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Voir aussi «anthracose» et «pneumoconiose des houilleurs».  2, record 2, French, - anthracosilicose

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Estado combinado de antracosis y silicosis.  1, record 2, Spanish, - antracosilicosis