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silicosis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Late Latin silica + -osis.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.
    • 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 1963, Phil Ochs, “Hazard, Kentucky”:

Forms

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silicoses Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

silicotic · anthracosilicosis

Hypernyms

disease · pneumoconiosis · condition

Synonyms

miner's disease

Translations (62)

es silicosis (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · ba силикоз (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · mk силикоза (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · ky силикоз (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · sh silikóza (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · ru силико́з (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · uk силіко́з (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · pl silikoza (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · id silikosis (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · et silikoos (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · be сілікоз (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · dsb silikoza (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · yue 矽肺 (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · hu szilikózis (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · cmn 矽肺病 (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · hi सिलिकामयता (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · cy silicosis (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · de Silikose (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · pt silicose (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · sq silikoza (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · ja 珪肺 (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · el πυριτίαση (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · cmn 矽肺 (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · lt silikozė (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · kk силикоз (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · ga sileacóis (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · yue 硅肺 (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · cmn 硅肺 (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · pcd silicose (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · nl silicose (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · gl silicose (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · fi silikoosi (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · it silicosi (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · sv stendammslunga (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · hy սիլիկոզ (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · cs silikóza (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · nb silikose (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · tg силикоз (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · sv silikos (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · sh силико́за (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · tr silikozis (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · io silikoza (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · fr silicose (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · nn silikose (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · pl pylica krzemowa (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · af silikose (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · ca silicosi (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · tt силикоз (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · ro silicoză (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · bg силикоза (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · eu silikosi (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · sl silikoza (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · pl sylikoza (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · fi kivipölykeuhko (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · da silikose (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · sk silikóza (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · ko 규폐증 (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · pl krzemica (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · eo silikozo (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · lv silikoze (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · hsb silikoza (silica dust pneumoconiosis) · ar سَحَار سِيلِيسِيّ (silica dust pneumoconiosis)