Meaning Asbestosis
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Asbestosis


A condition featuring scarring of the lungs caused by inhaled asbestos fibers. Asbestosis is irreversible.Asbestosis can also lead to lung cancer or to mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining on the surface of the lung.
Source: medicinenet.com

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Asbestosis


A lung disease caused by breathing in particles of asbestos (a group of minerals that take the form of tiny fibers). Symptoms include coughing, trouble breathing, and chest pain caused by scarring and [..]
Source: cancer.gov

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Asbestosis


Form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers.
Source: sis.nlm.nih.gov

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Asbestosis is a serious respiratory disease brought on by inhaling asbestos fibers. Inhaling asbestos fibers can cause scar tissue (fibrosis) to form inside the lung. Scarred lung tissue does not expa [..]
Source: definitions.uslegal.com

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Asbestosis


(n) lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles
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Asbestosis


The damage to the the lungs caused specifically by exposure to, and inhalation of, asbestos fibres.
Source: ilo.org

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Asbestosis


A disease associated with inhalation of asbestos fibers. The disease makes breathing progressively more difficult and can be fatal.
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Asbestosis


A disease associated with inhalation of asbestos fibers. The disease makes breathing progressively more difficult and can be fatal.
Source: ehso.com

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Asbestosis


A form of Pneumoconiosis caused by Inhalation of Asbestos fibers which elicit potent inflammatory responses in the parenchyma of the Lung. The Disease is characterized by interstitial Fibrosis of the [..]
Source: online-medical-dictionary.org

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Asbestosis


A form of lung disease (pneumoconiosis) caused by inhaling fibers of asbestos and marked by interstitial fibrosis of the lung varying in extent from minor involvement of the basal areas to extensive s [..]
Source: medicaldictionaryweb.com

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Asbestosis


A lung disease caused by breathing in particles of asbestos (a group of minerals that take the form of tiny fibers). Symptoms include coughing, trouble breathing, and chest pain caused by scarring and permanent damage to lung tissue. Asbestosis increases the risk of lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma (cancer found in the lining of the lungs, ch [..]
Source: dana-farber.org

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Asbestosis


A slowly progressing lung disease caused by asbestos. It is not a cancer.
Source: cancervic.org.au

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Asbestosis


A dust disease caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibres.
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Asbestosis


A slowly progressing benign lung disease caused by asbestos.
Source: cancercouncil.com.au





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