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berylliosis, n. Path.|bərɪlɪˈəʊsɪs|
[ad. It. berilliosi (coined by S. M. Fabroni 1935, in Med. del Lavoro XXVI. 302): cf. beryllium n., -osis.]
A lung disease caused by the inhalation of fumes or dust containing beryllium.
1943Bull. U.S. Nat. Inst. Health No. 181. 8 Fabroni has coined the term ‘berylliosis’ for the type of lung damage caused by inhalation of the dust or fumes of beryllium compounds. 1968New England Jrnl. Med. 22 Feb. 431/1 One might anticipate difficulty in differentiating hypercalcemic sarcoidosis from berylliosis. 1987Lourenço & Garrard in J. H. Stein Internal Med. (ed. 2) lxxv. 657/1 Inhalation of beryllium as the metal or one of its salts may cause an acute chemical pneumonia (acute berylliosis) or a chronic sarcoidlike granulomatous reaction (chronic berylliosis). |