Pronunciation of 'Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis'
The word 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis' is pronounced as /ˌnjuːməˌnoʊˌʌltrəˌmaɪkrəˌskɒpɪkˌsɪlɪkoʊˌvɒlkænoʊˌkoʊnɪˈoʊsɪs/ in English. It refers to a type of lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica particles, specifically from volcanic environments.
The word was coined in 1935 by Everett M. Smith, the president of the National Puzzlers' League, as a deliberately long medical term. It is a combination of Greek and Latin roots.
Pronunciation Details
English (United States)
A lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica particles, especially from volcanic ash or dust.
Pronounced as ‘new-muh-noh-ul-truh-my-kro-skop-ik-sil-i-koh-vol-kay-noh-koh-nee-oh-sis’. Break it into parts: ‘new-muh’ as in ‘pneumo’, ‘noh-ul-truh’ as in ‘ultra’, ‘my-kro’ as in ‘micro’, ‘skop-ik’ as in ‘scopic’, ‘sil-i-koh’ as in ‘silico’, ‘vol-kay-noh’ as in ‘volcano’, and ‘koh-nee-oh-sis’ as in ‘coniosis’.