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