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A 45 letter word connoting a lung disease,

'Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis'

is the longest word in 'Webster's Third International Dictionary

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AVS

From India, Madras
Nice one, Thanks for sharing,

And plz find full details of this world and Meaning.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is, according to the 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. '" A condition meeting the word's definition is normally called silicosis
It occurs chiefly as an instance of a very long word. The 45-letter word was coined to serve as the longest English word and is the longest word ever to appear in an English language dictionary. It is listed in the current edition of several dictionaries.[
Silicosis, also known as Potter's rot, is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in forms of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs. It is a type of pneumoconiosis.
Silicosis (particularly the acute form) is characterized by shortness of breath, cough, fever, and cyanosis (bluish skin). It may often be misdiagnosed as pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs), pneumonia, or tuberculosis.
The name silicosis (from the Latin silex, or flint) was originally used by Visconti in 1870. The recognition of respiratory problems from breathing in dust dates to ancient Greeks and Romans. Agricola, in the mid-16th century, wrote about lung problems from dust inhalation in miners. In 1713, Bernardino Ramazzini noted asthmatic symptoms and sand-like substances in the lungs of stone cutters. With industrialization, as opposed to hand tools, came increased production of dust. The pneumatic hammer drill was introduced in 1897 and sandblasting was introduced in about 1904,[3] both significantly contributing to the increased prevalence of silicosis.

From India, Madras
this isnt any attempt to spam , but following are few more longest words

9=Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - "Wonderful" (34 letters)

9= Pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism - "False opposition to the withdrawl of State support from a church" or "Extreme opposition to the withdrawl of State supported church" (34 letters)

8. Hepaticocholangiocholecystentersotomies - "Gall Bladder surgery" (39 letters)

7. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - "A lung disease" (45 letters)

6. Asseocarnisanguineoviscericartilaginonervomedullar y - "Structure of the human body" (51 letters)

5. Aequeosalinocalcalinosetaceoaluminosocupreovitriol ic - "Spa waters at Bath, England" (52 letters)

4. Aopadotenachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrinhipotri mmatosilphioparaomelitok-atakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektrio noptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoi-osiraiovaphetraganopterygon - "The name of a 17 ingrediant Greek dish" (182 letters)

3. Ornicopytheobiblopsychocrystarroscioaerogenethliom eteoroaustrohieroanthropoi- cichthyopyrosiderochpnomyoalectryoophiobotanopegoh ydrorhabdocrithoaleuroalphi-tohalomolybdoclerobeloaxinocoscinodactyliogeolitho pessopscphocatoptrotephraoeir-ochiroomychodactyloarithstichooxogeloscogastrogyro cerobletonooenoscapulinaniac- "A deluded human who practices divination or forecasting" (310 letters)

2. Acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylproly lserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalyl-phenylalnelleucylserylserylvalyotriptophylalanylas partylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucyl-lencyllasparaginylvalylcysteinythreonylserylseryll eucylglycllasparatinylglutaminylphe-nylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaninylala nylarginylthrseonylthreonylglutam-inylvalylglutaminyglutaninylphenylalanylserylghlut aminylvalyltryptophyllysylrolylphen-ylalaylprolyglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphu nylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalylty-rosyllsvslvalyltyrosylargiyltyosvlasparaginylalany lvalylleusylaspartylprolylleucylisole-ucylthreonylalnylleucylleucylglycyltreonylphnylala nylaspartylthreonylarginlasparagin-ylarginylisoleucylislleucylglutammylvalylglutamyla sparaginylglutaminylglutaminylsury-lprolylthreonylthreonylalanyoglutamylthreonylleucy laspartylalanylthreonylarginylargi-nylvalylaspartylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanyli soleucylarginylserylalanylasparagin-ylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvallasparaginylglutamy lleucylvalylarginylglycylthreonylgl-ycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylt hreonylphenylalanylglutamylseryl-methionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophylthreonyls erylalanylprolylalanylserine- "The scientific name for the Tobacco Mosaic Virus" (1 185 letters)

1. Methionylglutaminylarginytyrosylglutamylserylleucy lphenylalanylalanylglutaminyll-eucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanyl phenylalanyvalylprolylphenylalanyl-valythreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolyglycylisoleuc ylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysyl-isoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylal anylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucy-lglutamylleucylglycylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylal anylserylaspartylprolylleucelalanyla-spartyglycylprolythreonylisoleucylglutamiylasparag inylalanylthreonylleucylarginylala-nylphenylalanylalanylglycylvalyltheonylprolylalany lglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanygll-utamylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylgl utaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonyl-isoleucylpriIylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethiony ltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalyp-henylalanylasparaginyllysylgyycylisoleucylaspartyl glutamylphenylalanyltyrosylalanyl-gutaminyllcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylavlylas partylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylasp-artylvalyprolylvalylglutaminylglutamyllserylalanyp rolyphenylalanylarginylglutaminylal-anylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvaylalan ylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleu-cylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspa rtylaspartylleucylleucylarginyglutam-inylisoleucylalanyylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycy ltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylser-ylarginylalanylglycylvalythreonylglycylalanylgluta mylasparaginylarginylanylalanylleu-cylprolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvaylalanyll ysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasarag-inylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylalanylprolyla spartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylala-nylisoleucylaspartylalanylalanyglycylalanylalanygl ycylalanylisoleucylserylglycyseryla-lanylisoleucylbalyllsylisoleucylisoleucylglutamyyy lglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisole-ucylglutamylprolyglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalany lalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalaby-lvalylglutaminlylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylt hreonylarginylserine - "Scientific name for Trypthophan synthetase (that is a protien with 267 amino acids) (1 909 letters)

** - deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is alleged to have 207 000 letters, but has never been printed in full.

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Thanks r2003 for your wonderful information and made my post more interesting to read. ___________________________________________________________________ AVS
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