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vivandier (iou) and silo-filler's lung (medicine)


vivandier (iou)



vivandier noun. . Pl. pronounced same. L16.
[French.]
Hist. In the French and Other Continental European armies, a supplier of provisions to troops in the field.

silo-filler's lung (medicine)


silo-filler's lung -->
silo-filler's disease
<chest medicine> A pneumonia or bronchiolitis caused by inhalation of nitrogen dioxide released by fresh silage.

In its acute form it can cause death due to pulmonary oedema, often delayed for 1-4 hours after exposure.

It can also produce a subacute or chronic proliferative pulmonary disease or bronchiolitis obliterans.