2006-08-03 15:50:45 · 6 answers · asked by astrowulf2002 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
What is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
2006-08-03 15:51:00 · update #1
Sorry, the word is so long that all of it doesn't show up!
pneumono-
ultramicroscopic-
silicovolcanoconiosis
2006-08-03 15:51:57 · update #2
PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (also spelled PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOKONIOSIS) = a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
This is the longest word in any English dictionary. However, it was coined by Everett Smith, the President of The National Puzzlers' League, in 1935 purely for the purpose of inventing a new "longest word". The Oxford English Dictionary described the word as factitious. Nevertheless it also appears in the Webster's, Random House, and Chambers dictionaries.
Pneumono (wind or air - referring to the lungs) Ultra Microscopic (VERY small) Silico (a silicon-dust based disease) Volcano (origin is volcanic activity, but mostly found in caves) Coniosis (a disease)
2006-08-03 16:10:18 · answer #1 · answered by medphoenix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's some type of disease I think. And it's the longest word in the English language.
2006-08-03 15:56:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pneumonoultramicroscopic-
silicovolcanoconiosis
is a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, mostly found in volcanos
2006-08-03 15:55:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the name of lung disease and it is longest word of the English dictionary
2014-12-25 22:14:51 · answer #4 · answered by uma 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you find out, let me know! Good Luck!
2006-08-03 15:55:06 · answer #5 · answered by UVRay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omfg I CANT EVEN PRONOUCE THAT
2006-08-03 15:54:44 · answer #6 · answered by insane3639 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋