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silicoses

silicoses is the plural of silicosis.

Meaning of silicosis

Noun

silicosis (countable and uncountable, plural silicoses)

  1. A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.
    • Well, minin’ is a hazard in Hazard, Kentucky, and if you ain’t minin’ there, well, my friends, you’re awful lucky, ‘Cause if you don’t get silicosis, or pay that’s just atrocious, you’ll be screamin’ for a union that will care1963, Phil Ochs, “Hazard, Kentucky”
    Synonyms:
    miner's disease

Questions about silicoses

What is silicoses the plural of?
Silicoses is the plural of silicosis.

Words near silicoses in the dictionary

  1. siliconosis
  2. silicons
  3. silicophilous
  4. silicophosphate
  5. silicophosphates
  6. silicoses
  7. silicosiderosis
  8. silicosis
  9. silicotic
  10. silicotics
  11. silicotuberculosis

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