silicosis
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin silica + -osis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]silica dust pneumoconiosis
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Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]silicosis f
Further reading
[edit]- “silicosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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