What is the difference between asbestosis and silicosis?

asbestosis | silicosis |


As nouns the difference between asbestosis and silicosis

is that asbestosis is (pathology) a chronic, inflammatory lung disease caused by long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos while silicosis is (disease) a disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.

asbestosis

Noun

(asbestoses)
  • (pathology) A chronic, inflammatory lung disease caused by long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos.
  • See also

    * mesothelioma * pneumoconiosis English terms with alpha privatives

    silicosis

    English

    Noun

  • (disease) A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.
  • Hyponyms

    * pneumosilicosis * potter's rot

    Hypernyms

    * pneumoconiosis English words suffixed with -osis