what is the longest medical word
PneumonoÂ­ultraÂ­microscopicÂ­silicoÂ­volcanoÂ­coniosis (/njuËËmÉnoÊËÊltrÉmaÉªkrÉµËskÉpÉªkËsÉªlÉªkoÊvÉlËkeÉªnÉµkÉnaÉªËoÊsÉªs/) is an English word that refers to a lung disease that is otherwise known as silicosis. It is the longest word in the English language published in a dictionary, the Oxford English Dictionary.ubsequently, the word was used in a puzzle book, Bedside Manna, after which time, members of the N.P.L. campaigned to include the word in major dictionaries. This 45-letter word, referred to as P45, first appeared in the 1939 supplement to the Merriam-Webster New International Dictionary, Second Edition.