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"pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" What does it mean?

It's the longest word in the English language, but what does it mean and how is it pronounced?

"pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis"

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It is a lung disease and it's also the longest word in the english language. A lung disease caused by the inhaling of fine silica dust usually found around volcanos

    he word was invented by compounding pneumo-(lung) + ultramicroscopic + silicon + volcano + coniosis, from the Greek konis (dust).

    Source(s): from a doctor
  • 1 decade ago

    'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust'

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    it's a lung disease.

    the word is 45 letters long!

  • 1 decade ago

    It's a disease coal miners used to get.

    Also known as black lung.

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  • 1 decade ago

    If you check "on line " it will tell you what it means and how to correctly to say it .

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    well the first bit

    is numo (like pneumoniea) and it has something to do with the luungs

  • thats not a word plus it had the lil ".............." so there is more to the word so i cant tell u lol =] sorry

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