Berylliosis, or chronic beryllium disease (CBD), is a chronic allergic-type lung response and chronic lung disease caused by exposure to beryllium and its compounds. As an occupational lung disease, it is most classically associated with aerospace manufacturing, beryllium mining or manufacturing of fluorescent light bulbs (which used to contain be...
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systemic industrial disease caused by poisoning with beryllium, usually involving the lungs but occasionally affecting only the skin. There are two ...
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<chest medicine> Beryllium exposure may produce acute pneumonitis or chronic interstitial pneumonia. Can be histologically indistinguishable from sarcoidosis. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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(bә-ril″e-o´sis) beryllium poisoning, usually involving the lungs and less often the skin, subcutaneous tissues, lymph nodes, liver, and other structures. The fumes, oxide, salts, and finely divided dust of beryllium all may cause a tissue reaction when inhaled or implanted in the skin. Acute beryllios...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ber′il-ē-ō′sis Definitions: 1. Beryllium poisoning characterized by acute pneumonia or chronic interstitial granulomatous fibrosis, especially of the lungs, from inhalation of beryllium.
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Berylliosis: Beryllium poisoning. See: Beryllium.
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beryllium poisoning, characterized by the formation of granulomas, primarily affecting the lungs and causing a cough, chest pain, and shortness of breath.
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