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give the meaning of one of the longest word I. the world which is
pneumonoultramicroscopiccilicovolcanoconiosis.​

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Answered by memithra2003
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Answer:

Let me divide this word to explain clearly...

pneumono/ultra/microscopic/cilico/volcano/coniosis.

Meaning:

pneumono- used to refer to lung

coniosis- inhalation of dust

Explanation:

That large word is invented to refer a lung disease, which is caused by inhalation of fine dust and ash... see the word, it contains volcano coniosis, which says that the inhalation of dust isn't simple but very complex ash like the ashes formed after volcanic blast.

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Answered by Shivu516
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Pneumonoultramicroscopiccilicovolcanoconiosis isn't the longest word in the world. The longest word in the world contains 189,819 letters (while 'pneumonoultramicroscopiccilicovolcanoconiosis' contains 45 letters). It is the chemical name of a really long (actually the longest) protein called Titin. The reason for its long chemical name is the fact that this protein contains a total of 34,350 amino acids.

Its full name is contained in the attachment.

The word "pneumonoultramicroscopiccilicovolcanoconiosis" is made up of 8 different words joint together.  

pneumono-ultra-microscopic-cilico-volcano-coniosis

Pneumono: Greek — 'lung', 'lung-related'

Ultra: Latin — 'beyond'

Micro: Greek — 'small'

Scopic: Greek — 'looking'

Silico: Latin — 'like sand'

Volcano: Latin — volcano

Konis: Greek — 'dust'

Osis: Greek — 'condition'

It is an invented long word coined by the then-president of the National Puzzlers' League, Everett M. Smith, as a synonym for the disease known as Silicosis caused by the inhalation of volcanic dust (which contains silica and quartz). It is the longest word in the English language published in a dictionary, Oxford Dictionaries, which defines it as "an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine volcanic dust".

Unlike Titin's full name, this word is just extended to make it long, unlike Titin's full name which can't be shortened as it is the accurate chemical name of the compound (its name accurately defines all of its constituent elements).

While 'pneumonoultramicroscopiccilicovolcanoconiosis' can be pronounced in under 3-4 seconds, it might take a couple of hours to pronounce Titin's full name.

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