See Also: silo-filler's lung(medicine)
silo-filler's disease(medicine)
silo(dictionary)
silo(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
filler(1)(dictionary)
filler(dictionary)
filler(2)(dictionary)
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Filler(health)

bacterial pneumonia (medicine) and silo-filler's lung (medicine)


bacterial pneumonia (medicine)


bacterial pneumonia
Infection of the lung with any of a large variety of bacteria, especially Streptococcus pneumoniae(pneumococcus).


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.