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Definition of Pneumonoconiosis
1. Noun. Chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles.
Generic synonyms: Respiratory Disease, Respiratory Disorder, Respiratory Illness
Specialized synonyms: Anthracosis, Black Lung, Black Lung Disease, Coal Miner's Lung, Asbestosis, Siderosis, Silicosis
Terms within: Fibrosis
Definition of Pneumonoconiosis
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of pneumoconiosis) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Pneumonoconiosis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pneumonoconiosis
Literary usage of Pneumonoconiosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles and Practice of Physical Diagnosis by John C. Da Costa (1919)
"pneumonoconiosis Clinical Pathology.—A combined fibrosis and pigmentation of the
lungs, due to the inhalation of minute particles of dust, ..."
2. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1907)
"pneumonoconiosis. Definition.—This term is applied to a state of the lungs in
... Still another type of foreign body capable of causing pneumonoconiosis ..."
3. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell, Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1886)
"(pneumonoconiosis.) ALTHOUGH there are a number of important contrivances in the
respiratory apparatus to impede the entrance of foreign substances ..."
4. Diseases of the Lungs: Their Pathology, Symptomatology, Diagnosis, and Treatment by Charles Gatchell (1902)
"The treatment of congenital atelectasis belongs to works on obstetrics.
pneumonoconiosis. Synonyms.—Anthracosis (coal-dust) ; siderosis (metal- dust) ..."
5. Principles and Practice of Physical Diagnosis by John C. Da Costa (1919)
"pneumonoconiosis Clinical Pathology.—A combined fibrosis and pigmentation of the
lungs, due to the inhalation of minute particles of dust, ..."
6. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1907)
"pneumonoconiosis. Definition.—This term is applied to a state of the lungs in
... Still another type of foreign body capable of causing pneumonoconiosis ..."
7. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell, Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1886)
"(pneumonoconiosis.) ALTHOUGH there are a number of important contrivances in the
respiratory apparatus to impede the entrance of foreign substances ..."
8. Diseases of the Lungs: Their Pathology, Symptomatology, Diagnosis, and Treatment by Charles Gatchell (1902)
"The treatment of congenital atelectasis belongs to works on obstetrics.
pneumonoconiosis. Synonyms.—Anthracosis (coal-dust) ; siderosis (metal- dust) ..."
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