PNEUMOCONIOSIS


Meaning of PNEUMOCONIOSIS in English

[pneu.mo.co.ni.o.sis] n, pl -o.ses [NL, fr. pneum- + Gk konis dust--more at incinerate] (1881): a disease of the lungs caused by the habitual inhalation of irritants (as mineral or metallic particles)--compare black lung, silicosis

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