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Meaning of aluminosis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A disease of the lungs caused by aluminum dust.
    uncountable
  2. A structural defect resulting from the degradation of poor quality concrete.
    uncountable

Examples

“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 […]”
“After this, overall inspections detected aluminosis in thousands of apartments in peripheral neighborhoods.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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