chalicosisn.
/kalɪˈkəʊsɪs/ Medicine.
Disease of the lungs produced by the inhalation of fine siliceous particles, by stone-masons and like workers.
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stone-cutter's disease or phthisis1540
phthisis1821
black lung1837
anthracosis1838
shoddy fever1851
potter's consumption1863
siderosis1869
collier's phthisis1871
iron lung1872
chalicosis1878
pneumonoconiosis1878
tabacosis1879
byssinosis1881
pneumoconiosis1881
silicosis1881
potter's rot1895
fur-fever1905
stonemason's lung1905
asbestosis1927
anthracosilicosis1929
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis1935
bagassosis1941
bagasse1943
berylliosis1943
thesaurosis1958
1878 tr. F. A. von Zenker & H. W. von Ziemssen in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. VIII. 75 The trouble originated from chalicosis.
a1883 C. H. Fagge Princ. & Pract. Med. (1886) I. 984 Miekel has recently proposed to term the resulting lung affection Chalicosis.
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