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- noun pathology
arsenic poisoning
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Examples
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He concluded that tuberculosis did not kill Bolívar in 1830; chronic arsenicosis did.
Behind exhumation of Simon Bolivar is Hugo Chavez's warped obsession 2010
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Because of this, millions may die of cancer or "arsenicosis."
AP Environmental Science Chapter 22- Culture and Aesthetic 2008
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But with up to 140 million people around the world being slowly "poisoned" by unsafe levels of arsenic, it should. 6 million people in West Bengal, India, and up t0 77 million people in Bangladesh - a country with a population of 160 million, are at risk of serious illness, if not premature death, as a consequence of arsenic poisoning or "arsenicosis."
Forbes.com: News Nadia Arumugam 2011
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Bangladesh confused the skin lesions caused by arsenicosis with leprosy.
WN.com - Articles related to PepsiCo Marks World Water Day 2010 with Global Water Goals 2010
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Bangladesh confused the skin lesions caused by arsenicosis with leprosy.
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Bangladesh confused the skin lesions caused by arsenicosis with leprosy.
WN.com - Articles related to UN report that linked meat-eating with climate change flawed 2010
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The skin lesions caused by arsenicosis are just the first sign of many possibly fatal health problems.
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"Health workers can disseminate this message, while the government will continue to invest in screening and treatment of arsenicosis patients in affected districts."
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Bolívar's contemporaries, the "mad" British King George III, may also have died from arsenicosis.)
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