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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (also spelled pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis) is the longest word found in English dictionary with 45 letters. It is a coined term (technically letter-by-letter “transcription” of a Greek word) for a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
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