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This is black lung disease, typically due to mining. pneumono = related to the lung ultramicroscpic = minute particles silico = silica, silicon, sand volcano = underground coniosis = affliction, disease from inhaling dust
The word you are referring to is "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis," which is a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silicate or quartz dust. It is one of the longest words in the English language, often used as an example of a long medical term.
7..Pneumono = regarding lung (Latin)Ultra = penetration or extreme (Latin, "ultraviolet")microscopic = extremely minimal (Latin / Old English)silico = silika (Latin)volcano = volcano (Latin)Coni = regard to dust (Greek: konis , dust)osis = illness or condition (Greek)
Let's see what the doctor says first. It just maybe some thing that the doctor can treat. If your doctor doesn't find anything
Pneumono ultramicroscopic silico volcanoconiosis (with no spaces) is the word you're looking for. You can read more about it, below
The correct spelling is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters). The word was coined in 1935 specifically to be the longest word in English. It refers to a disease known as silicosis.
pnuemono-ultra-micro-scopic-silico-volcanico-niosis. i think that's how you spell it. i spaced it how so you can pronounce it. :)
Longest ive seen is- Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovocankoniosis pronounced: new-mon-oh-ultra-microscopic-silico-volcano-konee-oh-sis its a type of lung disease
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*The word will not display without the hyphen (which is not actually in the spelling.) It should be pronounced as in the separate word forms Pneu-mono-ultra-microscopic-silico-volcano-co-niosis, i.e. "new-moh-noh-uhl-truh-my-kroh-skah-pik-sill-ih-coh-voll-kay-noh-koh-nee-oh-sis" (alternately "new-mah-noh...")
computers are called silico sepians
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