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Posted By: dxb Siderosis - 12/16/02 11:57 AM
From my aging Civil Engineering Dictionary, and not something I've encountered:

Siderosis - Pneumokoniosis caused by the inhalation of metal dust by miners in tin, lead, copper and iron mines, and by steel grinders.(from the Greek: sideros - iron)

Posted By: wwh Re: Siderosis - 12/16/02 02:07 PM
And all these years I had though "siderosis" was caused by inhaling stardust.

Posted By: dxb Re: Siderosis - 12/16/02 04:15 PM
Surely that's siderelation. A pronounced feeling of joy brought on by inhaling stardust.

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