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siderosis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Siderosis  \Sid`e*ro"sis\,  n.[NL.,  fr  Gr  ???  iron.]  (Med.) 
  A  sort  of  pneumonia  occuring  in  iron  workers,  produced  by  the 
  inhalation  of  particles  of  iron. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  siderosis 
  n  :  fibrosis  of  the  lung  caused  by  iron  dust;  occurs  among 
  welders  and  other  metal  workers 




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