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-]
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–noun
| an obscure term referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
Origin:
<>see pneumono-, ultramicroscopic, silica, volcano
Sentence: I got pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis last week and nearly died while at the hospital. That's what I get for breathing in valcano dust though.
That would be hilarious to have your doctor say to you that you have that disease: "Mr.Smith, you have pneumono- pneumonoul- pneumonoultra........whatever. You have a disease in your lungs."
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