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asbestosis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈæs.bɛsˌtəʊ.sɪs/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌæs.bɛsˈtoʊ.sɪs/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AE2 S B EH2 S T OW1 S AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AE2 S B EH2 S T OW1 S IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A chronic, inflammatory lung disease caused by long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pneumoconiosis, pneumonoconiosis

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *(s)gwes-der.? Ancient Greek σβέννῡμῐ (sbénnūmĭ) Ancient Greek σβεστός (sbestós) Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos)bor. Latin asbestosbor. Old French abestosder. English asbestos Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English asbestosis From asbestos + -osis.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ազբեստոզ (azbestoz) — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Basque: asbestosi — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Catalan: asbestosi — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Chinese Mandarin: 石棉肺 (shímiánfèi) — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Czech: azbestóza — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Danish: asbestose — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Finnish: asbestoosi — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Finnish: asbestipölykeuhko — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • German: Asbestose — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Greek: ασβέστωση (asvéstosi) — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Hungarian: azbesztózis — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Italian: asbestosi — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Lithuanian: asbestozė — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Māori: mate kiripaka — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Polish: azbestoza — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Portuguese: asbestose — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Romanian: asbestoză — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Russian: асбесто́з (asbestóz) — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Spanish: asbestosis — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos
  • Swedish: asbestos — lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos