Pneumonoconiosis

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Inflammatory disease of the lungs due to inhalation of irritating particles.
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  • noun. Alternative spelling of pneumoconiosis.
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  • noun. chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles
  • Word Usage
    "Most importantly, you attack MPs who support dangerous industries when they provide jobs in their own constituencies but you ignore the actions of this fat, old, bullying dypso who spent his entire career defening the glorious right of his constituents to die of pneumonoconiosis - a condition that had killed his own father."
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