pneumoconiosis

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Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneuma, “wind, breath, spirit”) + κόνις (konis, “dust”) + -osis

Noun

pneumoconiosis (plural pneumoconioses)

1. (pathology) A disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of particulate matter.

Hyponyms

• black lung
• silicosis

Translations

disease of the lungs

Chinese (simplified): 尘肺 (chenfei) Chinese (traditional): 塵肺 Dutch: pneumoconiose (nl) Esperanto: pneŭmokoniozo (eo) Finnish: pölykeuhko (fi) French: pneumoconiose (fr) German: Pneumokoniose Greek: πνευμοκονίωση (pneumokoníōse)

Italian: pneumoconiosi (it) Japanese: 肺塵症 (はいじんしょう, haijinshō) Korean: 진폐증 Latin: pneumoconiosis (la) Portuguese: pneumoconiose (pt) f. Russian: пневмокониоз Spanish: pneumoconiosis (es) Turkish: pnömokonyoz (tr)