maxattack wrote:
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Longest word in dictionary. "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs"
I remembered it from somewhere, googled longest word, and here i am
Pneumono-: a combining form meaning "lung"
-ultramicroscopic-: an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
-silico-: the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
-volcano-: a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals.
(pneumono)-coniosis: any chronic lung disease, including anthracosis, asbestosis, and silicosis, caused by the inhalation of particles of coal, asbestos, silica, or similar substances and leading to fibrosis and loss of lung function.