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byssinosis

/ˌbɪsɪˈnəʊsɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
byssi-nosis
IPA
/ˌbɪsɪˈnəʊsɪs/
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Late Latin byssinum (“linen cloth”) via Latin byssus + New Latin -osis.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

byssinoses (plural)

Synonyms

brown lung brown lung disease Monday fever

Questions

How do you pronounce byssinosis?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbɪsɪˈnəʊsɪs/.
What does byssinosis mean?
A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.
Where does byssinosis come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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