SIDEROSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does siderosis mean? 

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

1. fibrosis of the lung caused by iron dust; occurs among welders and other metal workers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIDEROSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fibrosis of the lung caused by iron dust; occurs among welders and other metal workers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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