woolsorter's disease
- noun
- /ˈwuːlˌsɔːrtərz dɪˈziːz/
- Archaic
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enfermedad del clasificador de lana
- The patient developed respiratory symptoms typical of woolsorter's disease after exposure to contaminated fibers.
Examples
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Vaccination programs dramatically reduced the incidence of woolsorter's disease in industrial areas.
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The outbreak of woolsorter's disease was alarming.
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Cases of woolsorter's disease were historically common among workers handling raw wool.
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Don't underestimate the risks associated with woolsorter's disease!
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Cases of woolsorter's disease were historically common among workers handling raw wool.
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The patient developed respiratory symptoms typical of woolsorter's disease after exposure to contaminated fibers.
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Vaccination programs dramatically reduced the incidence of woolsorter's disease in industrial areas.
Synonyms
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A serious disease that mainly affects animals like cows and sheep and can also infect people
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A serious lung infection caused when tiny bacteria are breathed in, often deadly without quick treatment
A serious lung infection caused by breathing in tiny spores that causes severe breathing problems and gets worse quickly
A serious lung disease from dust in infected wool that may lead to severe difficulty breathing and heart failure
A severe lung infection from breathing in anthrax spores that quickly becomes life threatening
A serious lung infection caused by breathing dust with anthrax bacteria, often from work with wool
A serious lung infection from breathing in anthrax bacteria that can cause severe breathing problems and heart failure
Surface Forms
Morphology
woolsorter's + disease
A learner who knows 'wool', 'sorter' (or can infer 'woolsorter' as someone who sorts wool) and 'disease' can reasonably infer this is an occupational/animal-product‑related disease affecting wool sorters or linked to wool handling. However, the specific cause (Bacillus anthracis), inhalation route and high fatality are specialist details not derivable from the parts, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Woolsorter's disease comes from people who sorted raw wool in workplaces. Tiny spores in the wool could be breathed in and cause a serious lung infection, so the name, made from wool and sorter, came to mean 'a disease from inhaling spores'.