Noun

(medicine) A multisystem disorder characterized by small inflammatory nodules

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 25, author=Anthony Depalma, title=A Death Tied to 9/11 Dust Is Not Cause for Alarm to Others, Experts Say, work=New York Times citation

, passage=The report, published this month in Chest, a medical journal, showed that 13 firefighters or emergency service workers developed sarcoidosis in the first year after the attack, a rate five times higher than normal. }}