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lycoperdonosis
1. A respiratory disease caused by inhaling large quantities of spores from the mature mushroom commonly called "puffball".
2. Etymology: Greek lykos, "wolf" plus perdesthai, "to break wind" plus osis, "condition".
—Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, Edition 18, F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, 1993.
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