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English
Etymology
From aluminum + -osis.
Noun
aluminosis (uncountable)
- (pathology) A disease of the lungs caused by aluminum dust.
- (construction) A structural defect resulting from the degradation of poor quality concrete.
2005, Donald McNeill, Urban Change and the European Left:When many of these structures were proved to be substandard by the discovery of aluminosis (a disease caused by humidity which affects cement, and exacerbated by the cheap building methods), it would be Nou Barris that would be among […]
2007, Edgar Illas Arau, The Euphoric Politics of Postmodern Barcelona, →ISBN, page 208:After this, overall inspections detected aluminosis in thousands of apartments in peripheral neighborhoods.
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alumiˈnosis/
- Rhymes: -osis
- Syllabification: a‧lu‧mi‧no‧sis
Noun
aluminosis f (plural aluminosis)
- (pathology) aluminosis
- (construction) aluminosis
2015 October 30, Gemma Galdon Clavell, “Más allá del 3%”, in El País:Cuando lo importante son las prebendas, el mejor aceite es siempre el de colza, el mejor cemento el que tiene aluminosis y el mejor puente el de Calatrava.- When what actually matters are allowances, the best oil is always the colza one, the best concrete is the one with aluminosis and the best bridge is Calatrava's.
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