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SILICOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does silicosis mean?
• SILICOSIS (noun)
The noun SILICOSIS has 1 sense:
1. a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate
Familiarity information: SILICOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("silicosis" is a kind of...):
pneumoconiosis; pneumonoconiosis (chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles)
Context examples
A mixed condition of anthracosis and silicosis.
(Anthracosilicosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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