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CHALICOSIS

\t͡ʃˌalɪkˈə͡ʊsɪs], \t‍ʃˌalɪkˈə‍ʊsɪs], \tʃ_ˌa_l_ɪ_k_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\

Definitions of CHALICOSIS

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Inflammation of lung due to dust deposit.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

[Greek] The condition in which particles of siliceous material are deposited in the lungs.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Lung-disease from the inhalation of stony particles.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Infiltration of the lungs with siliceous particles. See fibroid phthisis and stonecutters phthisis, under phthisis. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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