ASBESTOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does asbestosis mean? 

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

1. lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASBESTOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

pneumoconiosis; pneumonoconiosis (chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, pneumoconiosis, asbestosis, atelectasis, radiation induced pneumonitis, and radiation fibrosis.

(Chronic Lung Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Chronic inhalation of its dust may cause asbestosis and increases the risk of digestive tract cancer, laryngeal cancer, mesothelioma and other lung cancers.

(Chrysotile Asbestos, NCI Thesaurus)

Types of CLD include asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary fibrosis, asbestosis, pneumonitis, and other lung conditions.

(CLD, NCI Dictionary)

Types of chronic lung disease include asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary fibrosis, asbestosis, pneumonitis, and other lung conditions.

(Chronic lung disease, NCI Dictionary)

Asbestosis increases the risk of lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma (cancer found in the lining of the lungs, chest, or abdomen).

(Asbestosis, NCI Dictionary)

Asbestos is considered to be an environmental carcinogen; chronic inhalation of fine asbestos dust causes pulmonary asbestosis and may induce lung neoplasms.

(Asbestos, NCI Thesaurus)

Asbestos miners were shown to have an increased risk of developing asbestosis, bronchogenic carcinoma and malignant mesothelioma.

(Asbestos Mining, NCI Thesaurus)

Examples include asbestosis and lung carcinoma.

(Asbestos-Related Lung Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Chronic inhalation of its dust may cause asbestosis and increases the risk of respiratory tract cancer, mesothelioma and other lung cancers.

(Actinolite Asbestos, NCI Thesaurus)