bagassosis

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noun

A pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from bagasse (“the residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted”).

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bagassebagascosis
OriginEnglish bagasse ← French bagasse →
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Meanings

nounbagassosis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from bagasse (“the residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted”).

    Synonyms: bagasse

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from bagasse (“the residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted”).

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bagasse

More synonyms by meaning

nounalveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust)

Similar
bagascosis
Broader
alveolitis
Also see
bagasse

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchbagasse
  2. Englishbagasse
  3. Englishbagassosis

From bagasse + -osis.

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APA

bagassosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bagassosis

MLA

“bagassosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bagassosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bagassosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bagassosis.

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