Meanings
plural silicoses
- countableuncountablemedicineA disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.First known use late 19th c.
Well, minin’ is a hazard in Hazard, Kentucky, and if you ain’t minin’ there, well, my friends, you’re awful lucky, ‘Cause if you don’t get silicosis, or pay that’s just atrocious, you’ll be screamin’ for a union that will care
1963, Phil Ochs, “Hazard, Kentucky”Synonyms: miner's disease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.
Origin
From Late Latin silica + -osis.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans silikose
- silikosesilica dust pneumoconiosis
Arabic سَحَار سِيلِيسِيّ
- سَحَار سِيلِيسِيّ (saḥār sīlīsiyy)silica dust pneumoconiosis
Basque silikosi
- silikosisilica dust pneumoconiosis
Bulgarian силикоза
- силикоза (silikoza)silica dust pneumoconiosis
Catalan silicosi
- silicosisilica dust pneumoconiosis
Chinese Cantonese 硅肺, 矽肺
- 硅肺 (gwai¹ fai³)silica dust pneumoconiosis
- 矽肺 (zik⁶ fai³)silica dust pneumoconiosis
Chinese Mandarin 硅肺, 矽肺
- 硅肺 (guīfèi)silica dust pneumoconiosis
- 矽肺 (xīfèi)silica dust pneumoconiosis
- 矽肺病 (xīfèibìng)silica dust pneumoconiosis
Czech silikóza
- silikózasilica dust pneumoconiosis
Danish silikose
- silikosesilica dust pneumoconiosis
Dutch silicose
- silicosesilica dust pneumoconiosis
Esperanto silikozo
- silikozosilica dust pneumoconiosis
Estonian silikoos
- silikoossilica dust pneumoconiosis
Finnish silikoosi, kivipölykeuhko
- silikoosisilica dust pneumoconiosis
- kivipölykeuhkosilica dust pneumoconiosis
French silicose
- silicosesilica dust pneumoconiosis
German Silikose
- Silikosesilica dust pneumoconiosis
Greek πυριτίαση
- πυριτίαση (pyritíasi)silica dust pneumoconiosis
Hindi सिलिकामयता
- सिलिकामयता (silikāmaytā)silica dust pneumoconiosis
Hungarian szilikózis
- szilikózissilica dust pneumoconiosis
Indonesian silikosis
- silikosissilica dust pneumoconiosis
Irish sileacóis
- sileacóissilica dust pneumoconiosis
Italian silicosi
- silicosisilica dust pneumoconiosis
Japanese 珪肺
- 珪肺 (keihai)silica dust pneumoconiosis
Korean 규폐증
- 규폐증 (gyupyejeung)silica dust pneumoconiosis
Latvian silikoze
- silikozesilica dust pneumoconiosis
Lithuanian silikozė
- silikozėsilica dust pneumoconiosis
Norwegian Bokmål silikose
- silikosesilica dust pneumoconiosis
Polish krzemica, silikoza
- krzemicasilica dust pneumoconiosis
- silikozasilica dust pneumoconiosis
- sylikozasilica dust pneumoconiosis
- pylica krzemowasilica dust pneumoconiosis
Portuguese silicose
- silicosesilica dust pneumoconiosis
Romanian silicoză
- silicozăsilica dust pneumoconiosis
Russian силико́з
- силико́з (silikóz)silica dust pneumoconiosis
Slovak silikóza
- silikózasilica dust pneumoconiosis
Spanish silicosis
- silicosissilica dust pneumoconiosis
Swedish silikos, stendammslunga
- silikossilica dust pneumoconiosis
- stendammslungasilica dust pneumoconiosis
Turkish silikozis
- silikozissilica dust pneumoconiosis
Ukrainian силіко́з
- силіко́з (sylikóz)silica dust pneumoconiosis
Welsh silicosis
- silicosissilica dust pneumoconiosis
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with silicosis
Cite this entry
silicosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silicosis
“silicosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silicosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silicosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silicosis.
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