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pneumo·co·nio·sis (-kō′nē ō′sis)
noun
a disease of the lungs, characterized by fibrosis and caused by the chronic inhalation of mineral dusts, esp. silica and asbestos
Etymology: ModL < pneumo- + Gr konia (< konis, dust: see incinerate) + -osis
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