Silicosis

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust. countable, uncountable

    "Well, minin’ is a hazard in Hazard, Kentucky, and if you ain’t minin’ there, well, my friends, you’re awful lucky, ‘Cause if you don’t get silicosis, or pay that’s just atrocious, you’ll be screamin’ for a union that will care"

  2. 2
    a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate wordnet

Synonyms

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acute bronchitisadenoiditisaluminosisamygdalitisanthracosilicosisanthracosis

Example

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"Well, minin’ is a hazard in Hazard, Kentucky, and if you ain’t minin’ there, well, my friends, you’re awful lucky, ‘Cause if you don’t get silicosis, or pay that’s just atrocious, you’ll be screamin’ for a union that will care"

Etymology

From Late Latin silica + -osis.

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