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anthracosis

anthracosis noun: a relatively mild pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal.

Noun

anthracosis (uncountable)

  1. A relatively mild pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal.

anthracosis meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

anthracosis in Tamil

நுரையீரலில் கரிச் சேர்க்கை நோய், கரிம நோய், கரிமயம், நுரையீரல் கரிப்படிவு

anthracosis in Indonesian

pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal
antrakosis

Origin of anthracosis

From anthrac- + -osis.

Words formed from anthracosis

Questions about anthracosis

What does anthracosis mean?
Anthracosis means a relatively mild pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal.
What is anthracosis in Tamil?
Anthracosis in Tamil is நுரையீரலில் கரிச் சேர்க்கை நோய், கரிம நோய், கரிமயம். See Anthracosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anthracosis?
Anthracosis is a noun.

Words near anthracosis in the dictionary

  1. anthracosaurid
  2. anthracosaurids
  3. anthracosaurs
  4. anthracosilicosis
  5. anthracosilicotic
  6. anthracosis
  7. anthracothere
  8. anthracotheres
  9. anthracotheriid
  10. anthracotheriids
  11. anthracotic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anthracosis (page history and authors); anthracosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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