silicosis
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin silica + -osis.
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.]
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Translations
silica dust pneumoconiosis
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