asbestosis

English

Etymology

From asbestos +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæs.bɛsˌtəʊ.sɪs/
Audio (UK): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌæs.bɛsˈtoʊ.sɪs/
Audio (General American): (file)

Noun

asbestosis (countable and uncountable, plural asbestoses)

(pathology) A chronic, inflammatory lung disease caused by long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos.

Translations

lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos

Armenian: ազբեստոզ (azbestoz)
Basque: asbestosi (eu)
Catalan: asbestosi (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 石棉肺 (shímiánfèi)
Czech: azbestóza f
Danish: asbestose
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: asbestoosi (fi), asbestipölykeuhko
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Asbestose (de) f
Greek: ασβέστωση (el) f (asvéstosi)
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Italian: asbestosi (it) f
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: asbestozė f
Māori: mate kiripaka
Polish: azbestoza (pl) f
Portuguese: asbestose f
Romanian: asbestoză f
Russian: асбесто́з (ru) m (asbestóz)
Spanish: asbestosis (es) f
Swedish: asbestos (sv) c

See also

Anagrams

sebostasis

Spanish

Etymology

From asbesto +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /asbesˈtosis/ [az.β̞esˈt̪o.sis]
Rhymes: -osis
Syllabification: as‧bes‧to‧sis

Noun

asbestosis f (plural asbestosis)

(pathology) asbestosis

Further reading

“asbestosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025