Lung Diseases

noun an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs, causing coughing, fever, and difficulty breathing

• Pneumonia is a serious infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs.
• My grandma was hospitalized with pneumonia last winter.
• I heard that nasty cough could be pneumonia, dude.
• The corruption within the government spread like pneumonia throughout the country.

noun an occupational disease commonly found in miners and workers in industries such as construction and manufacturing

• Silicosis is a progressive and incurable lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust.
• My grandpa developed silicosis after years of working in the mines.
• Dude, that job is a silicosis trap, you should get out of there.
• The toxic environment of that workplace felt like a slow-acting silicosis on my soul.