English Explanatory Dictionary

pneumonoconiosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of pneumoconiosis.

Word forms

pneumonoconiosis pneumonoconioses

Etymology

From German Pneumonokoniosis (1867), from Pneumono- (“lung”) + Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust”) + German -osis (“disease”). In the earliest attestation (1878), after French pneumonokoniose (1878 or earlier). By surface analysis, pneumono- (“lung”) + coniosis (“disease caused by the inhalation of dust”).

Derived words

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
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