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  2. Pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis is the longest word in the English language.The word can be analysed as follows: Pneumono: from ancient Greek (πνεύμων, pneúmōn) which means lungs

  3. Longest word in English - Wikipedia

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    The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters), a word that refers to a lung disease ...

  4. Silicosis - Wikipedia

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    Silicosis is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust. It is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs.

  5. What Is the Longest Word in English? Hint: It’s 189,819 ...

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    What does the longest word in English mean? If you, like Jimmy, don’t think this monstrous moniker should be considered a real English word, you’d find some support from linguists.

  6. Longest words - Wikipedia

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    In Azerbaijani, which is an agglutinative language, there is theoretically no limit on word compounding. [3]An example is the 42-letter word ...

  7. Pneumoconiosis - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Check Out the Venomous Defense Mechanism of the Male Platypus

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    Male platypuses have sharp spurs on their back legs shaped like a canine tooth. These hollow spurs measure 0.59 to 0.71 inches long and connect to crural glands in the animal’s upper thighs.

  9. A plane’s "black boxes," designed to be indestructible and usually stored in the aircraft’s tail section, collect information on communications involving pilots in cockpits and how aircraft ...