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DOID:10325 - silicosis

Disease Ontology Definition:A pneumoconiosis that is an inflammation and scarring of the uper lobes of the lungs causing nodular lesions resulting from inhalation of silica, quartz or slate particles.

Synonyms: Pneumoconiosis due to silicates, Silica pneumoconiosis, Silicotic fibrosis of lung, silicotuberculosis,

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Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s): pneumoconiosis (is_a)