| kaolin | <chemical> The most common mineral of a group of hydrated aluminum silicates, approximately h2al2si2o8-h2o. It is prepared for pharmaceutical and medicinal purposes by levigating with water to remove sand, etc. The name is derived from kao-ling (chinese: "high ridge"), the original site. Pharmacological action: antidiarrhoeals, pharmaceutic aid. Chemical name: Kaolin (12 Dec 1998) |
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| bauxite pneumoconiosis | A condition due to the occupational inhalation of bauxite fumes emitted during the manufacture of alumina abrasives; characterised by cough, shortness of breath, a combined obstructive and restrictive breathing pattern, and impairment of diffusing capacity. Synonym: Shaver's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coal worker's pneumoconiosis | <chest medicine> A form of chronic clung disease which develops after prolonged exposure to coal dust. Advanced disease and scarring is evident on chest X-ray. Symptoms include wheezing, chronic cough and shortness of breath. (27 Sep 1997) |
| collagenous pneumoconiosis | A disease of the lungs, characterised by interstitial fibrosis, caused by inhalation of dusts or toxins in the workplace. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumoconiosis | <chest medicine> Fibrosis and scarring of the lungs secondary to the repeated inhalation of dust associated with some occupation. Examples include silica, asbestos and coal dust exposure. (29 Oct 1998) |
| pneumoconiosis of coal workers | Pneumoconiosis seen in coal miners, for example anthracosis, black lung disease (pneumomelanosis). (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumoconiosis siderotica | Pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of iron dust. Synonym: pulmonary siderosis. (05 Mar 2000) |