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It is the longest word in the English language published in a popular dictionary, Oxford Dictionaries, which defines it as "an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust". [3]
The name of this specific disease was solely created to be the longest word in the English dictionary. I think that this is just a bad idea. New disease = New longest word in the English dictionary. Thank you for reading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Veto Lad (talk • contribs) 17:11, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Pronunciation: noo-muh-noh-ul-truh-my-kroh-skop-ik-sil-i-koh-vol-kay-noh-koh-nee-oh-sis Meaning: A lung disease caused by the inhalation of fine silicate or quartz dust, often found in volcanoes ...
Pneumoconiosis is the general term for a class of interstitial lung disease where inhalation of dust (for example, ash dust, lead particles, pollen grains etc) has caused interstitial fibrosis. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The three most common types are asbestosis , silicosis , and coal miner's lung . [ 3 ]
The longest single-word town names in the U.S. are Kleinfeltersville, Pennsylvania and Mooselookmeguntic, Maine. The longest official geographical name in Australia is Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya. [28] It has 26 letters and is a Pitjantjatjara word meaning "where the Devil urinates". [29]
At 58 characters it is the longest place name in the United Kingdom and second longest official one-word place name in the world. SEE MORE: Watch Naomi Watts pronounce the longest town name in Britain
Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1C CMT1D Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1D CMT1E Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1E CMT1F Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1F CMT1X Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1X CMT2 Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 2 COFS Cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome: COLD Chronic obstructive lung disease
It's the name of a hill in New Zealand, and it's the longest official place name in the world. We can only hope no poor child ever has to spell these bad boys in a spelling bee. Though we're sure ...