sil|i|co|sis

sil|i|co|sis
sil|i|co|sis «SIHL uh KOH sihs», noun.
a disease of the lungs caused by continually breathing air filled with dust from quartz or silicates, formerly common among certain types of workers, such as stonecutters.
[< silic(on) + -osis]

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