PNEUMONOCONIOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pneumonoconiosis mean? 

• PNEUMONOCONIOSIS (noun)
  The noun PNEUMONOCONIOSIS has 1 sense:

1. chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles

  Familiarity information: PNEUMONOCONIOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PNEUMONOCONIOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

pneumoconiosis; pneumonoconiosis

Hypernyms ("pneumonoconiosis" is a kind of...):

respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness (a disease affecting the respiratory system)

Meronyms (parts of "pneumonoconiosis"):

fibrosis (development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pneumonoconiosis"):

anthracosis; black lung; black lung disease; coal miner's lung (lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust)

asbestosis (lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles)

siderosis (fibrosis of the lung caused by iron dust; occurs among welders and other metal workers)

silicosis (a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate)