Silicosis

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  silicosis
       n : a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or
           quartz or slate

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "silicosis":
     Asiatic flu, Hong Kong flu, acute bronchitis, adenoiditis,
     aluminosis, amygdalitis, anthracosilicosis, anthracosis,
     asbestosis, asthma, atypical pneumonia, bituminosis, black lung,
     bronchial pneumonia, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, bronchitis,
     bronchopneumonia, catarrh, chalicosis, chronic bronchitis, cold,
     collapsed lung, common cold, coniosis, coryza, croup,
     croupous pneumonia, double pneumonia, dry pleurisy, emphysema,
     empyema, epidemic pleurodynia, fibrinous pneumonia, flu, grippe,
     hay fever, influenza, la grippe, laryngitis, lipoid pneumonia,
     lobar pneumonia, lung cancer, lung fever, pharyngitis, pleurisy,
     pleuritis, pneumococcal pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, pneumonia,
     pneumonic fever, pneumothorax, quinsy, rheum, siderosis,
     sore throat, swine flu, the sniffles, the snuffles, tonsilitis,
     virus pneumonia, wet pleurisy, whooping cough