What does «coniosis» mean in Spanish?
- Any disease caused by breathing dust of some kind, such as byssinosis (lung disease caused by inhaling cotton dust) or pneumoconiosis (lung disease caused by regular inhalation of irritants, such as mineral or metal particles). Also pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a lung disease caused by silica poisoning or by breathing ash from a volcano.