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It refers to a specific type of lung disease (silicosis) caused by inhalation of volcanic silica dust. This is a rare but actual disease for which this name is never used.

The 45-letter word was coined by the "National Puzzlers' League" on February 23, 1935, with the intent to be the longest word in the English dictionary. However, although it appears in several, including the OED (Oxford), it is often listed as "factitious" or "spurious."

*The word does not have a hyphen, but one must be added anywhere on WikiAnswers because of word length limitations.

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