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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"
7 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
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 - Anonymous1 decade ago
it's a lung disease.
the word is 45 letters long!
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- dolores hLv 51 decade ago
If you check "on line " it will tell you what it means and how to correctly to say it .
- Anonymous1 decade ago
well the first bit
is numo (like pneumoniea) and it has something to do with the luungs
- 1 decade ago
thats not a word plus it had the lil ".............." so there is more to the word so i cant tell u lol =] sorry