silico-, silic-

(Latin: flint, quartz, sand; a crystalline compound [SiO2])

siliconoma (s) (noun) (no pl)
A harmful health complication created by industrial liquid silicon when taken into the body: When silicon is introduced into the body for corrections of soft-tissue enlargement, a condition of siliconoma can develop with tissue necrosis, , major scars, and functional after-effects, among other problems.
silicosiderosis (s) (noun) (no pl)
Silicosis due to inhalation of dust containing iron and silica: Due to a long term inhalation of dust consisting of iron, or iron oxide, and silica particles, the miner, Mr. Clark, developed a condition of silicosiderosis
silicosis (s) (noun), silicosis's (pl)
In pathology, a form of pneumoconiosis; miner's disease: Silicosis is due to the inhalation of crystalline silica dust causing a shortness of breath and changes of tissues of the lungs.
silicotuberculosis (s) (noun) (no pl)
In pathology, silicosis and tuberculosis occurring in the very same lung: The condition of silicotuberculosis speeds up lung tissue damage, rises mortality rates, and causes imaging and diagnosis more complicated because of coinciding symptoms and X-ray patterns.
siliculose, siliculous (adjective), more siliculose, most siliculose; more siliculous, most siliculous
In botany, relating to a plant that gives forth to short seed capsules: One cruciferous plant that is siliculose is one called honesty, which is a flowering plant in the cabbage and mustard family.
tuberculosilicosis (s) (noun) (no pl)
A disease in the lungs with simultaneous infections of a silicone (quartz dust) and tuberculosis: Most patients with the condition of tuberculosilicosis have been workers in the areas of mining or the ceramic industry, for example.

Other related "sand" units: amatho-; ammo-; areni-; thino-.