SIDEROSIS - Definition

Pronunciation:		`sidu'rowsis
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] fibrosis of the lung caused by iron dust; occurs among welders and other metal workers

	See Also:	pneumoconiosis, pneumonoconiosis

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Sid`e*ro"sis\, n.[NL., fr. Gr. ??? iron.] (Med.) A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron.