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A lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate
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silicosis
Word definitions for silicosis in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context disease English) A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Silicosis (previously miner's phthisis , grinder's asthma , potter's rot and other occupation-related names) is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1881, a hybrid from silicon + -osis .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate
Usage examples of silicosis.
He has a little silicosis, and most i in the mines have to put up with that.
As the dust filled their lungs they contracted silicosis, a condition that, when combined with malnutrition, often proved fatal.
Men who work in tanneries get more and more liable to anthrax, miners gradually succumb to silicosis and old actors finally become paralysed with fright.