asbestosis

English

Etymology

asbestos +‎ -osis

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæs.bɛsˌtəʊ.sɪs/

Noun

asbestosis (plural asbestoses)

1. (pathology) A chronic, inflammatory lung disease caused by long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos.

Translations

lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos

• Armenian: ազբեստոզ (azbestoz)
• Basque: asbestosi (eu)
• Catalan: asbestosi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 石棉肺 (shímiánfèi)

• Czech: azbestóza f
• Danish: asbestose
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• Finnish: asbestoosi (fi), asbestipölykeuhko
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Asbestose (de) f
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
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• Italian: asbestosi (it) f
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: asbestozė f
• Maori: mate kiripaka
• Polish: azbestoza f
• Portuguese: asbestose f
• Romanian: asbestoză f
• Russian: асбесто́з (ru) m (asbestóz)
• Spanish: asbestosis (es) f
• Swedish: asbestos (sv) c

See also

• mesothelioma
• pneumoconiosis

Anagrams

• sebostasis

Spanish

Etymology

From asbesto +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asbesˈtosis/ [az.β̞esˈt̪o.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: as‧bes‧to‧sis

Noun

asbestosis f (plural asbestosis)

1. (pathology) asbestosis

Further reading

• “asbestosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014