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pneumoconiosis, pneumonoconiosis (s) (noun); pneumoconioses, pneumonoconioses (pl)
Any of various lung disorders resulting from the breathing in of minute particles of mineral or metallic dust: Several of the miners were diagnosed with pneumoconiosis brought on by their years of working in the poorly ventilated mines.
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