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pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis is the alternative spelling of pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Meaning of pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Noun

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (uncountable)

  1. (nonce-word) A disease of the lungs, allegedly caused by inhaling microscopic silicate particles originating from the eruption of a volcano.
    • Call it miner's asthma, silicosis, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, coal workers' pneumoconiosis, or black lung—they are all dust diseases with the same symptoms.1980 March, Lorin E. Kerr, “Black Lung”, in Journal of Public Health Policy, volume 1, number 1, →JSTOR, page 50

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What is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis the alternative spelling of?
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis is the alternative spelling of pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Words near pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis in the dictionary

  1. pneumonopathy
  2. pneumonorrhagia
  3. pneumonotomies
  4. pneumonotomy
  5. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
  6. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis
  7. pneumonultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
  8. pneumony
  9. pneumoparotitis
  10. pneumopathies
  11. pneumopathy

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