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The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters), a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis.
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1 day ago · Noun. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis ( uncountable) ( nonce word) A disease of the lungs, allegedly caused by inhaling microscopic silicate particles originating from the eruption of a volcano . Usage notes.
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English language. The word can be split: Pneumono: from ancient Greek ( πνεύμων, pneúmōn) which means lungs. ultra: from Latin, which means beyond. micro and scopic: from ancient Greek, which means small looking. It is trying to describe to the very small size of particles.
