SIDEROSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fibrosis of the lung caused by iron dust; occurs among welders and other metal workers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("siderosis" is a kind of...):

pneumoconiosis; pneumonoconiosis (chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles)

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