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pneumonoconiosises

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pneu⋅mo⋅no⋅co⋅ni⋅o⋅sis

  [noo-muh-noh-koh-nee-oh-sis, nyoo-]
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–noun Pathology.
pneumoconiosis.
Origin:
1865–70; pneumono- + Gk kóni(s) dust + -osis

pneu⋅mo⋅co⋅ni⋅o⋅sis

  [noo-muh-koh-nee-oh-sis, nyoo-]
–noun Pathology.
any chronic lung disease, including anthracosis, asbestosis, and silicosis, caused by the inhalation of particles of coal, asbestos, silica, or similar substances and leading to fibrosis and loss of lung function.
Also, pneumonoconiosis.

Origin:
1880–85; syncopated var. of pneumonoconiosis
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Main Entry: pneu·mo·co·ni·o·sis
Pronunciation: "n(y)ü-mO-"kO-nE-'O-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pneu·mo·co·ni·o·ses /-"sEz/
: a disease of the lungs caused by the habitual inhalation of irritants (as mineral or metallic particles)called also miner's asthma, miner's consumption, pneumonoconiosis; —see BLACK LUNG, SILICOSIS

Main Entry: pneu·mo·no·co·ni·o·sis
Pronunciation: -"kO-nE-'O-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pneu·mo·no·co·ni·o·ses /-"sEz/
: PNEUMOCONIOSIS
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pneumoconiosis pneu·mo·co·ni·o·sis (n&oomacr;'mō-kō'nē-ō'sĭs, ny&oomacr;'-)
n. pl. pneu·mo·co·ni·o·ses (-sēz)
A disease of the lungs, such as asbestosis or silicosis, caused by long-term inhalation of dusts, especially mineral or metallic dusts.

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pneumoconiosis   (n'mō-kō'nē-ō'sĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
A disease of the lungs, such as asbestosis or black lung, caused by chronic inhalation of especially mineral or metallic dust.
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