What is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsiliconovolcanoconiosis?


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The longest english word in the world. It's a medical term used to describe a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.

Don't breathe that fine silica dust, Jim. You could end up having pneumonoultramicroscopicsiliconovolcanoconiosis.

See lung, disease, medical, dust, fine


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