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    mesothelioma
    [ noun ]
    a form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust
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    1. They never knew they had it." Fallon has mesothelioma, a tumor in the lining of lungs caused by inhalation of asbestos particles.
    2. James Leigh of the Australian Mesothelioma Register says 1,900 people have been diagnosed as having mesothelioma in the past 10 years, and the incidence of the disease is growing rapidly.
    3. The increased mortality was almost entirely attributable to 18 deaths from three asbestos-associated diseases _ lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma and asbestosis.
    4. The nation already has the world's highest rate of mesothelioma, a fatal cancer of the lungs, heart and abdomen caused by inhaling asbestos fibers.
    5. There are two other vital points associated with asbestos-related diseases: The threat of contracting mesothelioma, the vicious form of lung cancer that is always lethal, from inhalation of asbestos fibers is confined almost exclusively to smokers.
    6. A Cleveland jury in federal court awarded $650,000 in punitive damages to the estate of Maurice J. Moline, a merchant seaman who died in 1988 at the age of 61 from mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer believed to be caused by asbestos.
    7. Exposure to asbestos fibers, once used in many insulation and fire-resistant building products, has been linked to lung cancer and mesothelioma, a fatal malady of the lining of the chest and abdominal cavity.
    8. At Purdue, studies by Dr. Glickman and other scientists indicate that occurrences of a rare lung cancer in dogs, mesothelioma, can give their owners early warning of asbestos risks.
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