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Pneumonoconiosis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of pneumoconiosis. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles wordnet

Etymology

From German Pneumonokoniosis (1867), from Pneumono- (“lung”) + Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust”) + German -osis (“disease”). In the earliest attestation (1878), after French pneumonokoniose (1878 or earlier). By surface analysis, pneumono- (“lung”) + coniosis (“disease caused by the inhalation of dust”).

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