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  2. Silicosis - Wikipedia

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    Silicosis is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust. It is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of nodular ...

  3. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - Wikipedia

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    Any references on the internet to pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis or silicosis being caused by 'sharp particles [which] lacerate lining of lungs; causing victim to leak air from their lungs while simultaneously bleeding into their lung cavity' [13] are inaccurate. Particles of a size able to enter the lung (< 10 μm ...

  4. Pneumoconiosis - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The three most common types are asbestosis, silicosis, and coal miner's lung. [3] Pneumoconiosis often causes restrictive impairment, [4] although diagnosable pneumoconiosis can occur without measurable impairment of lung function. [1] [2] Depending on extent and severity, it may cause death within months or years, or it may never ...

  5. Pulmonary talcosis - Wikipedia

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    Pulmonary talcosis is a pulmonary disorder caused by talc.. It has been related to silicosis resulting from inhalation of talc and silicates. It is also tied to heroin use where talc might be used as an adulterant to increase weight and street value. [1]

  6. Siderosis - Wikipedia

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    Siderosis is the deposition of excess iron in body tissue. When used without qualification, it usually refers to an environmental disease of the lung, also known more specifically as pulmonary siderosis or Welder's disease, which is a form of pneumoconiosis.

  7. Talk:Silicosis - Wikipedia

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    A fact from Silicosis appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 November 2005. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that silicosis is a lung disease caused by inhalation of silica, the second most common mineral on earth's crust? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/November.

  8. Fumed silica - Wikipedia

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    Fumed silica with surface area of 130 m 2 /g . Fumed silica (CAS number 7631-86-9, also 112945-52-5), also known as pyrogenic silica because it is produced in a flame, consists of microscopic droplets of amorphous silica fused into branched, chainlike, three-dimensional secondary particles which then agglomerate into tertiary particles.

  9. macOS Big Sur - Wikipedia

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    macOS Big Sur (version 11) is the seventeenth major release of macOS, Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers. It was announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 22, 2020, [4] and was released to the public on November 12, 2020. [5] [4] [6] Big Sur is the successor to macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15).