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Vinony

silicosis

noun

  1. lung disease from inhaling silica-containing particles
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Late Latin silica + -osis.

  1. A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.

    “Well, minin’ is a hazard in Hazard, Kentucky, and if you ain’t minin’ there, well, my friends, you’re awful lucky, ‘Cause if you don’t get silicosis, or pay that’s just atrocious, you’ll be screamin’ for a union that will care”