Usually means: Lung disease from inhaling silica.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word silicosis:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. silicosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. silicosis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. silicosis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. silicosis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. silicosis: Vocabulary.com
  6. Silicosis, silicosis: Wordnik
  7. silicosis: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. silicosis: Wiktionary
  9. silicosis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. silicosis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. silicosis: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. silicosis: Dictionary.com
  13. Silicosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. silicosis: Rhymezone
  15. silicosis: FreeDictionary.org
  16. silicosis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. silicosis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. silicosis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. silicosis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Silicosis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Silicosis: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  9. Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology (No longer online)
  10. Silicosis: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  11. silicosis: Medical dictionary
  12. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  13. Silicosis: Drug Medical Dictionary

(Note: See silicotic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (pathology) A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.

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