pneumoconiosis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌnuːmoʊ.koʊniˈoʊsəs/ (US)
- /ˌnjuːməʊ.kəʊniˈəʊsɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Alteration of pneumonoconiosis, after pneumo- (“lung”). Compare French pneumoconiose. By surface analysis, pneumo- + coniosis (“disease caused by the inhalation of dust”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of particulate matter.
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.
2012, Hsiao-Hung Pai, Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants, Verso Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 86:Wu Dengfan, a 40-year-old farmer from Gulang county in Gansu who worked at a gold mine close to the Mongolian border from 1996 to 2006, had a similar experience. “We even preferred not to wear masks inside the mine, because it made breathing even more difficult,” said Wu, who has stage II pneumoconiosis. “When we finished our work and came out of the mine, each of us was completely covered in dust.”
2018 January 13, Alice Yan, “These migrant workers helped China prosper. Now they’re dying and not getting the help they need”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jan 2018, People & Culture:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pneumoconioses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
rheumatoid pneumoconiosis · coalworker's pneumoconiosis
Hyponyms
coalworker's pneumoconiosis · black lung · asbestosis · miner's cough · CWP · silicosis · coal worker's pneumoconiosis · anthracosilicosis
Translations (28)
ja 塵肺 (disease of the lungs) · sv dammlunga (disease of the lungs) · yue 肺塵埃沉着病 (disease of the lungs) · ko 진폐 (disease of the lungs) · nl stoflong (disease of the lungs) · de Staublunge (disease of the lungs) · pt pneumoconiose (disease of the lungs) · tr pnömokonyoz (disease of the lungs) · cs pneumokonióza (disease of the lungs) · ca pneumoconiosi (disease of the lungs) · cmn 塵肺病 /尘肺病 (disease of the lungs) · eo pneŭmokoniozo (disease of the lungs) · fi pölykeuhko (disease of the lungs) · ru пневмокониоз (disease of the lungs) · ja 肺塵症 (disease of the lungs) · fr pneumoconiose (disease of the lungs) · id pneumokoniosis (disease of the lungs) · ko 진폐증 (disease of the lungs) · el πνευμοκονίωση (disease of the lungs) · es neumoconiosis (disease of the lungs) · pl pylica płuc (disease of the lungs) · nl pneumoconiose (disease of the lungs) · de Pneumokoniose (disease of the lungs) · pl pylica (disease of the lungs) · cmn 塵肺 /尘肺 黑肺病 (disease of the lungs) · sv pneumokonios (disease of the lungs) · it pneumoconiosi (disease of the lungs) · la pneumoconiosis (disease of the lungs)