(ăn″thră-kō-sĭl″ĭ-kō′sĭs)
[Pronunciation]
[″ + L. silex, flint, + Gr. osis, condition]

A form of pneumoconiosis in which carbon and silica deposits accumulate in the lungs due to coal dust inhalation.

SYN: coal worker's pneumoconiosis

See: anthracosis; silicosis