pneumoconiosis

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, breath, spirit”) + κόνις (kónis, “dust”) +‎ -osis.

Noun

pneumoconiosis (plural pneumoconioses)

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

Hyponyms

• black lung
• silicosis
• asbestosis

Translations

disease of the lungs

• Catalan: pneumoconiosi f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 肺 (zh)塵／尘 (zh) (chén)埃 (zh) (āi)沉 (zh) (chén)着 (zh)病 (zh) (bìng)

  Mandarin: 塵肺／尘肺 (chénfèi), 尘肺 (chénfèi)

• Czech: pneumokonióza f
• Dutch: stoflong (nl) f, pneumoconiose f
• Esperanto: pneŭmokoniozo
• Finnish: pölykeuhko
• French: pneumoconiose (fr)
• German: Pneumokoniose, Staublunge f
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• Greek: πνευμοκονίωση (pnevmokoníosi)
• Italian: pneumoconiosi (it)
• Japanese: 肺塵症 (はいじんしょう, haijinshō)
• Korean: 진폐증 (jinpyejeung)
• Latin: pneumoconiosis
• Polish: pylica płuc f
• Portuguese: pneumoconiose (pt) f
• Russian: пневмокониоз (ru) (pnevmokonioz)
• Spanish: neumoconiosis (es) f
• Turkish: pnömokonyoz