bagassosis /bag·as·so·sis/ (bag″ah-so´sis) hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to inhalation of dust from bagasse (the residue of cane after extraction of sugar).
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bag·as·so·sis (b g  -s  s s)n. A respiratory disorder caused by dust from waste sugar cane fiber. |
bagassosis
[bag′əsō′sis]
a self-limited lung disease caused by an allergic response to bagasse, the fungi-laden, dusty debris left after the syrup has been extracted from sugarcane. It is characterized by fever, dyspnea, and malaise.
bagassosis
a hypersensitivity pneumonitis of humans caused by inhalation of thermophilic actinomycetes in moldy bagasse.
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Occupational medicine A hypersensitivity pneumonitis seen in cane sugar workers sensitive to Thermoactinomyces sacchari, T vulgaris, a fungus that grows well in sugar cane pressings. See Farmer's lung.
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