BERYLLIOSIS

Domain	Definition
Health	A lung disease caused by exposure to metallic beryllium or its soluble salts. (references)
Medicine	The pulmonary and systemic granulomatous disease caused by exposure to beryllium by inhalation(1). Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	An occupational disease caused by the inhalation of fumes liberated during the reduction of beryllium. Beryllium is thought to play the principal role, aggravated by fluorine, and to affect all organs, particularly the larger protective glands, rather than the respiratory apparatus alone. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Berylliosis

Berylliosis is a chronic lung disease caused by prolonged exposure to beryllium, a chemical irritant to the lungs. With prolonged exposure, the lungs become hypersensitive to it causing the development of small inflammatory nodules, called granulomas. Granulomas are seen in other chronic diseases, such as tuberculosis and sarcoidosis. Ultimately, this process leads to restrictive lung disease, a decreased diffusion capacity. Clinically patients experience cough and shortness of breath. Other symptoms include chest pain, joint aches, weight loss and fever.

Occupations with the highest potential for exposure to beryllium are those involved with primary production, metal machining, and reclaiming scrap alloys. Other high-exposure occupations are in the nuclear power, aerospace, and electronics industries. Some of the modern day uses of beryllium include the following:

Nuclear reactors and weapons
Inertial guidance systems
X-ray tube windows
Turbine rotor blades
Spark plugs
Laser tubes
Electrical components
Rocket engine liners
Ceramic applications
Springs, gears, aircraft brakes, aircraft engines, landing gear, and bearings
Oil and gas industries
Injection and blow mold tooling
Welding electrodes
Electrical contacts
Computer electronics
Automotive electronics

Non-Fiction Usage: BERYLLIOSIS

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Berylliosis - A lung disease resulting from exposure to beryllium metal. (references)
		These include such granulomatous diseases as berylliosis (a disease resulting from exposure to beryllium metal), tuberculosis, farmer's lung disease (hypersensitivity pneumonitis), fungal infections, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, and cancer of the lymph nodes (lymphoma). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: BERYLLIOSIS

Modern Translation: BERYLLIOSIS

Language		Translations for "BERYLLIOSIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		beryllose (beryllium disease, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease), berylliumgranulomatose (beryllium disease, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease), beryllium sygdom (beryllium disease, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease), berylliose (beryllium disease, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease). (various references)

Dutch		berylliosis (beryllium disease, beryllium pneumonia, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease). (various references)

French		bérylliose (beryllium disease, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease). (various references)

German		Beryllosis (beryllium disease, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease), Berylliosis (beryllium disease, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease), Berylliose (beryllium disease, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease). (various references)

Greek		βηρυλλική κοκκιωμάτωσις (beryllium disease, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease), βηρυλλίωσις (beryllium disease, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease). (various references)

Italian		berilliosi (beryllium disease, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease), malattia da berillio (beryllium disease, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease). (various references)

Pig Latin		erylliosisbay

Spanish		beriliosis (beryllium disease, beryllosis, berylosis, chronic beryllium disease). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: BERYLLIOSIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-i-i-l-l-o-r-s-s-y"
	-3 letters: biolyses, biolysis, brollies, risibles.
	-4 letters: billers, billies, boilers, bossier, bossily, lorises, rebills, reboils, ribless, riboses, risible, risibly, rissole, sillers, sillier, sillies, soberly.
	-5 letters: beryls, biller, billie, birles, birses, boiler, brills, broils, brolly, broses, ibises, irises, lessor, libels, libers, lilies, lisles, lories, losels, losers, oilers, oilier, oilily, oribis, oriels, osiers, rebill, reboil, reoils, ribose.
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