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UK
/ɐsbɪstˈəʊsɪs/
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[ US /ˌæsˌbɛsˈtoʊsəs, ˌæsˌbɛsˈtoʊsɪs/ ]
[ US /ˌæsˌbɛsˈtoʊsəs, ˌæsˌbɛsˈtoʊsɪs/ ]
NOUN
- lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles
How To Use asbestosis In A Sentence
- His dad had been foreman at a builder's yard, but he'd died from asbestosis when Ed was eight. RESCUING ROSE
- Only the more severe grades of asbestosis are detectable by gross examination.
- This issue has been addressed comprehensively by two of us in a study of asbestosis and lung cancer.
- No one else claiming "asbestosis" has yet filed a pulmonology report showing diminished lung capacity. Why Doctors Are Heading for Texas
- Chest radiographs showed no evidence of asbestosis or other scarring pulmonary disease.
- Rubber Stamping News » Blog Archive » CSX uncovers fraud in asbestosis case says: Think Progress » Congressional rubber stamp of military commissions in doubt.
- Asbestos-related diseases, such as asbestosis and mesothelioma, can take decades to show up after exposure. Radio New Zealand News Headlines
- Chronic (long-term) inhalation exposure to asbestos in humans can lead to a lung disease termed asbestosis, which is a diffuse fibrous scarring of the lungs. Asbestos health hazards
- Asbestos-related diseases, such as asbestosis and the deadly cancer mesothelioma, can take decades to show up after exposure. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
- It was at this point that he was diagnosed as having asbestosis, which is a lung disease that is caused through exposure to asbestos dust and fibers. Blogger News Network