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thesaurosis Path.|θɪsɔːˈrəʊsɪs|
[f. Gr. θησαυρ-ός store + -osis.]
A disorder of the lungs caused by the accumulation in them of inhaled material.
1958New England Jrnl. Med. 6 Mar. 475/1 Evidence concerning the etiology of the pulmonary lesion of Case 2 is..less compelling, but we believe that..this, too, was a case of thesaurosis due to hair-spray constituents. 1975New Yorker 7 Apr. 56/3 For at least fifteen years, it has been suspected that the plastic resins in hair sprays cause a restrictive-lung-storage disease called thesaurosis, as well as abnormal lung cells that may be the precursors of lung cancer. |