pneumoconiosis

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Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneuma, “wind, breath, spirit”) + κόνις (konis, “dust”) + -osis

Noun

pneumoconiosis (plural pneumoconioses)

1. (pathology) A disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of particulate matter.

Hyponyms

• black lung
• silicosis

Translations

disease of the lungs

• Chinese (simplified): 尘肺 (chenfei)
• Chinese (traditional): 塵肺
• Czech: pneumokonióza (cs) f
• Dutch: stoflong (nl) f, pneumoconiose (nl) f
• Esperanto: pneŭmokoniozo (eo)
• Finnish: pölykeuhko (fi)
• French: pneumoconiose (fr)
• German: Pneumokoniose
• Greek: πνευμοκονίωση (pneumokoníōse)

• Italian: pneumoconiosi (it)
• Japanese: 肺塵症 (はいじんしょう, haijinshō)
• Korean: 진폐증
• Latin: pneumoconiosis (la)
• Portuguese: pneumoconiose (pt) f
• Russian: пневмокониоз
• Spanish: pneumoconiosis (es)
• Turkish: pnömokonyoz (tr)