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miner's phthisis

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anthracosis \An`thra*co"sis\, n. [NL. See {Anthrax}.] (Med.)
   A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the
   inhalation of coal dust; -- called also {collier's lung} and
   {miner's phthisis}.
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