Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon: You Know This Word?
June 21st, 2009 LimauAis EducationPneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon – How to pronounce this word?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon definition.
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon also called pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, noun
(NOO-muh-noh-UL-truh-MY-kruh-SKOP-ik-SIL-i-koh-VOL-kay-no-koh-NEE-o-sis, nyoo-)
The word have 45 letters is longest word in the world, 19-syllable word. Referred to in one linguistics journal as p45, first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in 1936.
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It is still listed in the current edition of the OED, as well as several current American dictionaries. The meaning of this word according to Oxford English Dictionary, “A factitious word alleged to mean ‘A lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.
This other world you might intrested – ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCYLTH = Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain. This word has appeared in the American Chemical Society’s Chemical Abstracts and is thus considered by some to be the longest real word.
Oxford Eng. Dictionary with thes
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