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SIDEROSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fibrosis of the lung caused by iron dust; occurs among welders and other metal workers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("siderosis" is a kind of...):
pneumoconiosis; pneumonoconiosis (chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles)
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