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What is the noun for asbestos?

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asbestos
  1. Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.
  2. Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals, asbestiforms
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “When acoustic texture material is wet, asbestos fibers are withheld from release into the air.”
      “There is an inherent uncertainty in any actuarial estimates of asbestos liabilities.”
      “This is thermally bonded, inorganic wadding developed to replace asbestos on railway carriages.”
asbestosis
  1. (pathology) A chronic, inflammatory lung disease caused by long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Clinically apparent asbestosis occurs only after a significant latent period.”
      “Only the more severe grades of asbestosis are detectable by gross examination.”
      “Lung burdens of asbestos in these cases are intermediate between asbestosis and pleural plaques.”
asbestus
  1. Dated form of asbestos.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It consisted of a tube, containing at one end a plug of asbestus, moistened with a solution of iodide of potassium and starch.”
      “The asbestus, a mineral substance of a whitish or silver color.”
asbestoses
  1. plural of asbestos
  2. plural of asbestosis
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