berylliosisn.
/bərɪlɪˈəʊsɪs/ Pathology.
A lung disease caused by the inhalation of fumes or dust containing beryllium.
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1943 Bull. U.S. Nat. Inst. Health No. 181. 8 Fabroni has coined the term ‘berylliosis’ for the type of lung damage caused by inhalation of the dust or fumes of beryllium compounds.
1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 22 Feb. 431/1 One might anticipate difficulty in differentiating hypercalcemic sarcoidosis from berylliosis.
1987 Lourenço & Garrard in J. H. Stein Internal Med. (ed. 2) lxxv. 657/1 Inhalation of beryllium as the metal or one of its salts may cause an acute chemical pneumonia (acute berylliosis) or a chronic sarcoidlike granulomatous reaction (chronic berylliosis).
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