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silicosis

noun

Etymology

From Late Latin silica + -osis.

  1. derived from silex
  2. borrowed from silica
  3. suffixed as silicosis — “silica + -osis”

Definitions

  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 care

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for silicosis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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