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bird-fancier's lung (medicine)


bird-fancier's lung
<chest medicine> A respiratory disorder due to an acquired hypersensitivity to the dust of bird droppings.

It is often seen in pigeon breeder's, and is a form of extrinsic allergic alveolitis. The antigen protein is from bird serum, droppings, or feathers