silicosis
English
    
    Etymology
    
From Late Latin silica + -osis.
Pronunciation
    
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- Rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Noun
    
silicosis (countable and uncountable, plural silicoses)
- (pathology) A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust. [from late 19th c.]
Hypernyms
    
Hyponyms
    
- pneumosilicosis
- potter's rot
Translations
    
silica dust pneumoconiosis
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