How do you use Silicosis in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like pneumoconiosis, plus the exact meaning.
Silicosis in a sentence
Silicosis meaning
A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.
Synonyms of Silicosis
Using Silicosis
- The main meaning on this page is: A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.
- Useful related words include: pneumoconiosis, pneumonoconiosis.
- In the example corpus, silicosis often appears in combinations such as: of silicosis.
Context around Silicosis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Silicosis
- In this selection, "silicosis" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, developing, possibly, survivors, patients and cases stand out and add context to how "silicosis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after developing silicosis during the and cases of silicosis were recorded. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "silicosis" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with silicosis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Give us an example of how the victims were impacted by silicosis? (12 words)
However, for those tradies, the onset of silicosis could take some time. (12 words)
Doctors decided to send some silicosis patients there too, since they also suffered from a lung condition. (17 words)
At no time did we talk about the hidden costs of the option, specifically that the people — mainly young Latinos — who cut engineered stone countertops are getting sick and dying from silicosis, a disease I had never even heard of. (40 words)
Scientists have linked the eruption of silicosis cases among stonecutters to the booming popularity of engineered stone, which is typically much higher in lung-scarring silica than natural stone such as granite or marble. (34 words)
Silicosis increases the risk about 30-fold. citation Those who smoke cigarettes have nearly twice the risk of TB compared to nonsmokers. citation Other disease states can also increase the risk of developing tuberculosis. (34 words)
Give us an example of how the victims were impacted by silicosis? (12 words)
Example sentences (11)
Anthony Albanese met with silicosis survivors in 2021 to discuss the crisis, vowing to fight for workers' rights if he were to be elected.
At no time did we talk about the hidden costs of the option, specifically that the people — mainly young Latinos — who cut engineered stone countertops are getting sick and dying from silicosis, a disease I had never even heard of.
Doctors decided to send some silicosis patients there too, since they also suffered from a lung condition.
Silicosis is caused by breathing in small particles of silica dust, which is created when cutting, drilling, grinding or polishing certain types of stone, rock, sand and clay.
The annual report for Queensland’s lung diseases register says 40 new cases of silicosis were recorded in 2021-22.
Yigal Rozman, another Israeli stonemason, hasn’t worked since 1997 after developing silicosis during the five years he worked with the product.
Scientists have linked the eruption of silicosis cases among stonecutters to the booming popularity of engineered stone, which is typically much higher in lung-scarring silica than natural stone such as granite or marble.
Give us an example of how the victims were impacted by silicosis?
However, for those tradies, the onset of silicosis could take some time.
His premature death was said to be due to lung illness, possibly silicosis as a result of breathing in glass dust from the lenses that he ground.
Silicosis increases the risk about 30-fold. citation Those who smoke cigarettes have nearly twice the risk of TB compared to nonsmokers. citation Other disease states can also increase the risk of developing tuberculosis.
Common combinations with silicosis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of silicosis 3×