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Definition of Pneumoconiosis

1. Noun. Chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles.

Definition of Pneumoconiosis

1. Noun. (disease) A disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of particulate matter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pneumoconiosis

1. [n -NIOSES]

Medical Definition of Pneumoconiosis

1. Fibrosis and scarring of the lungs secondary to the repeated inhalation of dust associated with some occupation. Examples include silica, asbestos and coal dust exposure. (29 Oct 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pneumoconiosis

Literary usage of Pneumoconiosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1921)
"Granite Fibroid pneumoconiosis, suggests not only the nature of the lung lesion and ... Granite Tuberculous pneumoconiosis, suggests the causative factor in ..."

2. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Reactive Oxygen Species: Their Relation to pneumoconiosis and Carcinogenesis Val Vallyathan, Xianglin Shi, and Vincent Castranova Health Effects Laboratory ..."

3. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease: A Text-book for by Augustus Caillé (1906)
"pneumoconiosis pneumoconiosis is a chronic interstitial pneumonia due to the inhalation of dust incident to special employments. According to the cause, ..."

4. Atlas and Epitome of Special Pathologic Histology by Hermann Dürck (1900)
"pneumoconiosis. Dust is constantly carried into the respiratory organs with the inhaled air ; some of the dust is caught in the upper respiratory tract by ..."

5. Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report (1996) edited by Rochelle B. Althouse (1997)
"Mortality Data • The focus of this report is on pneumoconiosis. Readers are therefore cautioned not to erroneously infer that the data presented are ..."

6. Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report 1999 by Rochelle B. Althouse (2000)
"Coal workers'pneumoconiosis: Years of potential life lost to age 65 and to ... Coal workers' pneumoconiosis: Number of deaths by state, US residents age 15 ..."

7. Essentials of the practice of medicine: Prepared Especially for Students of by William R. Williams (1905)
"pneumoconiosis. Etiology — It follows the protracted inhalation of dust that acts mechanically rather than chemically, ..."

8. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1921)
"Granite Fibroid pneumoconiosis, suggests not only the nature of the lung lesion and ... Granite Tuberculous pneumoconiosis, suggests the causative factor in ..."

9. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Reactive Oxygen Species: Their Relation to pneumoconiosis and Carcinogenesis Val Vallyathan, Xianglin Shi, and Vincent Castranova Health Effects Laboratory ..."

10. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease: A Text-book for by Augustus Caillé (1906)
"pneumoconiosis pneumoconiosis is a chronic interstitial pneumonia due to the inhalation of dust incident to special employments. According to the cause, ..."

11. Atlas and Epitome of Special Pathologic Histology by Hermann Dürck (1900)
"pneumoconiosis. Dust is constantly carried into the respiratory organs with the inhaled air ; some of the dust is caught in the upper respiratory tract by ..."

12. Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report (1996) edited by Rochelle B. Althouse (1997)
"Mortality Data • The focus of this report is on pneumoconiosis. Readers are therefore cautioned not to erroneously infer that the data presented are ..."

13. Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report 1999 by Rochelle B. Althouse (2000)
"Coal workers'pneumoconiosis: Years of potential life lost to age 65 and to ... Coal workers' pneumoconiosis: Number of deaths by state, US residents age 15 ..."

14. Essentials of the practice of medicine: Prepared Especially for Students of by William R. Williams (1905)
"pneumoconiosis. Etiology — It follows the protracted inhalation of dust that acts mechanically rather than chemically, ..."

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