'silicosis' definitions:
Definition of 'silicosis'
From: WordNet
noun
A lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate
Synonyms of 'silicosis'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute bronchitis,
- adenoiditis,
- aluminosis,
- amygdalitis,
- anthracosilicosis,
- anthracosis,
- asbestosis,
- Asiatic flu,
- 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,
- Hong Kong flu,
- 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