PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS


Meaning of PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS in English

|n(y)ümə(ˌ)nōˌəltrəˌmīkrəˈskäpikˈsilə̇(ˌ)kōˌvälˈkā(ˌ)nōˌkōnēˈōsə̇s noun

Etymology: New Latin, from pneumon- + International Scientific Vocabulary ultramicroscopic + New Latin silic- + volcano + -coniosis (from coni- (II) + -osis )

: a pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust and occurring especially in miners

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.