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Longest medical word, or any word apparently - NW MT


Posted: Jun 04, 2010

Just thought it was interesting.

   

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis:  

pneu⋅mo⋅no⋅ul⋅tra⋅mi⋅cro⋅scop⋅ic⋅sil⋅i⋅co⋅ vol⋅ca⋅no⋅co⋅ni⋅o⋅sis

[noo-muh-noh-uhl-truh-mahy-kruh-skop-ik-sil-i-koh-vol-key-noh-koh-nee-oh-sis, nyoo-] Show IPA
–noun
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

Origin:
< NL; see pneumono-, ultramicroscopic, silica, volcano, (pneumono)coniosis

Rats! - Redpen

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What about all that time in third grade I spent learning supercalifragilisticexpialadocious?

Sigh.


Wow...and I thought 'antidisestablishmentarianism' was long! nm - starzzz

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not medical a word, think OP said longest medical NM - anonanin

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It's not "conglomerate"? - ?? nm

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My 9th grade English teacher made us memorize that one. :-) - Thanks Mr. Trysla NM

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more often referred to as "black lung disease" of coal miners - nm

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