pneumonoconiosis
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- noun
- /njuˌmoʊnəkoʊniˈoʊsɪs/
- Specialized
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neumoconiosis
- Regular health check-ups are essential to detect pneumonoconiosis early in individuals exposed to harmful dust.
Examples
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Why don't you get yourself a real female with... something decent like... pneumonoconiosis, or-or gall stones?
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The miner was diagnosed with pneumonoconiosis after years of working in dusty conditions.
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Long-term exposure to asbestos can lead to pneumonoconiosis among factory workers.
Synonyms
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A lung disease caused by breathing in fine stone dust that scars the lungs
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A long-lasting lung disease people get from breathing in asbestos fibers that makes it hard to breathe
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A long-term lung disease caused by breathing in dust at work
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A lung disease that comes from breathing coal dust for a long time
A lung disease from breathing in coal dust over a long time
Surface Forms
Morphology
pneumonoconiosis = pneumoconiosis (opaque) = pneumono + coni + osis
Formed from specialized medical combining forms ('pneumono-', 'coni-') and the disease suffix '-osis', which are not transparent to average B1 learners despite '-osis' meaning 'disease'.
Etymology
Pneumonoconiosis comes from Greek parts: pneumo- meaning 'lung' or 'air', konis meaning 'dust', and -osis meaning 'condition' or 'disease'. So it literally says a 'dust' disease of the lungs, which is why today it means a lung illness caused by dust people have breathed in.