Med. [mod. f. Gr. χαλίξ small stone + -OSIS.] Disease of the lungs produced by the inhalation of fine siliceous particles, by stone-masons and like workers.
1878. trans. Ziemssen’s Cycl. Med., VIII. 75. The trouble originated from chalicosis.
1886. Fagge, Princ. & Pract. Med., I. 984. Merkel has recently proposed to term the resulting lung affection Chalicosis.
