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byssinosis

/ˌbɪsɪˈnəʊsɪs/

byssinosis noun: a lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.

Noun

byssinosis (usually uncountable, plural byssinoses)

  1. (usually) A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.
    Synonyms:
    brown lung, brown lung disease, Monday fever

byssinosis meaning in Tamil and Bengali

byssinosis in Tamil

சணலிழையியம், பஞ்சிழையியம்

byssinosis in Bengali

ফুসভুসের রোগ

Synonyms of byssinosis

Forms of byssinosis

pluralbyssinoses

Origin of byssinosis

From Late Latin byssinum (“linen cloth”) via Latin byssus + New Latin -osis.

Questions about byssinosis

What does byssinosis mean?
Byssinosis means a lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.
What is byssinosis in Tamil?
Byssinosis in Tamil is சணலிழையியம், பஞ்சிழையியம். See Byssinosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is byssinosis?
Byssinosis is a noun.
How do you pronounce byssinosis?
Byssinosis is pronounced /ˌbɪsɪˈnəʊsɪs/.
What is the plural of byssinosis?
The plural of byssinosis is byssinoses.

Words near byssinosis in the dictionary

  1. byssate
  2. byssi
  3. byssiferous
  4. byssine
  5. byssinoses
  6. byssinosis
  7. byssinotic
  8. byssochlamic acid
  9. byssogenous
  10. byssoid
  11. byssolite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: byssinosis (page history and authors); byssinosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); byssinosis (Bengali 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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