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pneumoconiosis

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌnjuːməʊ.kəʊniˈəʊsɪs/
  • US: /ˌnuːmoʊ.koʊniˈoʊsəs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of particulate matter.

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

chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pneumonoconiosis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder

Narrower terms: anthracosis, black lung, black lung disease, coal miner's lung, asbestosis, siderosis, silicosis

History

Etymology

Alteration of pneumonoconiosis, after pneumo- (“lung”). Compare French pneumoconiose. By surface analysis, pneumo- + coniosis (“disease caused by the inhalation of dust”).

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: pneumoconiosi — disease of the lungs
  • Chinese Cantonese: 肺塵埃沉着病 — disease of the lungs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塵肺 /尘肺 黑肺病 (chénfèi) — disease of the lungs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塵肺病 /尘肺病 (chénfèibìng) — disease of the lungs
  • Czech: pneumokonióza — disease of the lungs
  • Dutch: stoflong — disease of the lungs
  • Dutch: pneumoconiose — disease of the lungs
  • Esperanto: pneŭmokoniozo — disease of the lungs
  • Finnish: pölykeuhko — disease of the lungs
  • French: pneumoconiose — disease of the lungs
  • German: Pneumokoniose — disease of the lungs
  • German: Staublunge — disease of the lungs
  • Greek: πνευμοκονίωση (pnevmokoníosi) — disease of the lungs
  • Indonesian: pneumokoniosis — disease of the lungs
  • Italian: pneumoconiosi — disease of the lungs
  • Japanese: 塵肺 — disease of the lungs
  • Japanese: 肺塵症 (haijinshō) — disease of the lungs
  • Korean: 진폐 (jinpye) — disease of the lungs
  • Korean: 진폐증 (jinpyejeung) — disease of the lungs
  • Latin: pneumoconiosis — disease of the lungs
  • Polish: pylica — disease of the lungs
  • Polish: pylica płuc — disease of the lungs
  • Portuguese: pneumoconiose — disease of the lungs
  • Russian: пневмокониоз (pnevmokonioz) — disease of the lungs
  • Spanish: neumoconiosis — disease of the lungs
  • Swedish: pneumokonios — disease of the lungs
  • Swedish: dammlunga — disease of the lungs
  • Turkish: pnömokonyoz — disease of the lungs