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Chalicosis

Disease ChalazionChancre

Chalicosis (Greek, χάÎ"ιξ, gravel), sometimes called Flint disease, is a form of pneumoconiosis affecting the lungs or bronchioles.
It is found chiefly among stonecutters.
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Chalicosis
Fibroid phthisis caused by the inhalation of flinty particles. [Kober1916].
Pneumoconiosis in stonecutters due to the inhalation of stone dust. Called also flint disease. [Dorland].

with occupations which necessitate the habitual inhalation of particles of dust, such as those of colliers, flax-dressers, stonemasons, millers, &c., to which the term pneumonokoniosis is now applied (including anthracosis, siderosis, chalicosis ...

See also: Siderosis, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Fever, Emphysema

Disease ChalazionChancre

 
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