See Also: asbestos lung disease(medicine)
Asbestos Pleural Disease(law)
eosinophilic lung disease(medicine)
Black lung disease(health)
obstructive lung disease(medicine)
occupational lung disease(medicine)
lung fluke disease(medicine)
rheumatoid lung disease(medicine)
interstitial lung disease(medicine)
parasitic eosinophilic lung disease(medicine)

photophobia (iou) and asbestos lung disease (medicine)


photophobia (iou)



photophobia noun. L18.
[from PHOTO- + -PHOBIA.]
Medicine. Abnormal sensitivity of the eyes to light; abnormal fear of light, esp. as the result of such sensitivity.
photophobic adjective pertaining to or affected with photophobia M19.

asbestos lung disease (medicine)


asbestos lung disease
<radiology> Pleural plaques, earliest finding, may be only evidence, parietal pleura, 15-20 yrs after exposure, calcified after ca. 30 yrs, asbestosis, interstitial lung disease, perihilar regions to lung bases, shaggy heart, no cavitation or progressive massive fibrosis as in silicosis, crocidolite (blue) form most carcinogenic, associated with: malignant pleural mesothelioma, peritoneal mesothelioma, GI-tract malignancy