aluminosis

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noun

A disease of the lungs caused by aluminum dust.

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Meanings

nounaluminosis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA disease of the lungs caused by aluminum dust.
  2. uncountablebusinessA structural defect resulting from the degradation of poor quality concrete.

    After this, overall inspections detected aluminosis in thousands of apartments in peripheral neighborhoods.

    2007, Edgar Illas Arau, The Euphoric Politics of Postmodern Barcelona, →ISBN, page 208
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    When many of these structures were proved to be substandard by the discovery of aluminosis (a disease caused by humidity which affects cement, and exacerbated by the cheap building methods), it would be Nou Barris that would be among […]

    2005, Donald McNeill, Urban Change and the European Left

Origin

From aluminum + -osis.

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Anagrams

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Chicago

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