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aluminosis

aluminosis noun: a disease of the lungs caused by aluminum dust.

Noun

aluminosis (uncountable)

  1. A disease of the lungs caused by aluminum dust.
  2. A structural defect resulting from the degradation of poor quality concrete.
    • When many of these structures were proved to be substandard by the discovery of aluminosis (a disease caused by humidity which affects cement, and exacerbated by the cheap building methods), it would be Nou Barris that would be among […]2005, Donald McNeill, Urban Change and the European Left
    • After this, overall inspections detected aluminosis in thousands of apartments in peripheral neighborhoods.2007, Edgar Illas Arau, The Euphoric Politics of Postmodern Barcelona, →ISBN, page 208

aluminosis meaning in Tamil

aluminosis in Tamil

நுரையீரல் அலிமினிய ஏற்றம்

Origin of aluminosis

From aluminum + -osis.

Questions about aluminosis

What does aluminosis mean?
Aluminosis means a disease of the lungs caused by aluminum dust.
What is aluminosis in Tamil?
Aluminosis in Tamil is நுரையீரல் அலிமினிய ஏற்றம். See Aluminosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aluminosis?
Aluminosis is a noun.

Words near aluminosis in the dictionary

  1. aluminon
  2. aluminophosphate
  3. aluminophosphates
  4. aluminosilicate
  5. aluminosilicates
  6. aluminosis
  7. aluminothermic
  8. aluminothermically
  9. aluminothermics
  10. aluminothermy
  11. aluminotype

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