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Pneumoconiosis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of particulate matter. countable, uncountable

    "Zhang Haichao was twenty-eight when he got pneumoconiosis. He was fit and well before he started working at an abrasive-materials factory in Xinmi, not far from Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan, where he comes from. On the job, he inhaled a huge amount of dust every day. In the second half of 2007, he began to cough and felt short of breath."

  2. 2
    chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles wordnet

Etymology

Alteration of pneumonoconiosis, after pneumo- (“lung”). Compare French pneumoconiose. By surface analysis, pneumo- + coniosis (“disease caused by the inhalation of dust”).

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