silicosis Path.
(sɪlɪˈkəʊsɪs)
[ad. It. silicosi (A. Visconti: see C. L. Rovida in Annali di Chim. applicata alla Med. (1871) LIII. 103), ult. f. L. silic- silex1 + -osis.]
A lung disease induced by inhaling flinty or siliceous particles.
| 1881 Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. XV. 395 According to the nature and character of the irritant, certain forms [of pneumokoniosis] are distinguished, the chief of which are anthracosis, chalicosis or silicosis, and siderosis. 1898 Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 248 Thus authors have described the results of inhaling siliceous particles as chalicosis or silicosis. 1903 Nature 1 Oct. 527/2 The malady is silicosis pure and simple, a dust disease. |
Hence siliˈcotic a., affected by silicosis. Also as n.
| 1913 Mem. S. Afr. Inst. Med. Res. No. 3. 120 The amount of silica in the ash is greater in that from the silicotic lung than in that from the normal lung. 1938 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 19 Nov. 1928/1 Clinicians, who see only the disabled silicotic patient with advanced lesions, often complicated by tuberculosis, are insisting that only such conditions represent the true picture of silicosis. 1948 [see pneumoconiotic s.v. pneumo-]. 1980 D. Pownall Between Ribble & Lune i. 20 Aaron's disease, a form of silicotic lung infection caused by the dust. |