最long的英文字and字is甚麽義思

若你要找字典有的生字, 便是
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
火山矽肺症
但新造詞語中(即字典沒有的)最長的字則是
Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphio-paraomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonop-tekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon
(183字)是一個菜餚的名字, 出自一希臘喜劇

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (noun)
It is the longest word in any major English dictionary,
Contains 45 letters to describe a disease for a lung condition caused by the inhalation of dust

什麼是「火山矽肺症」?
根據維基百科與牛津辭典指出，火山矽肺症是一個由45個字母組成，用來描繪因吸入沙塵形成肺部結節纖維化的病變。此單字的長度已經成為全球十大最長單字之一。
pneumono = 肺部 (Latin)
ultra = 極度 (Latin, as in ultraviolet)
microscopic = 極細微 (Latin/Old English)
silico = 矽 (Latin)
volcano = 火山 (Latin)
coni = 沙塵 (Greek: konis, dust)
osis = 疾病／狀況 (Greek)

According to Wikipedia and Oxford English dictionary, Pneumonoultramicrosc opicsilicovolcanocon iosis is a word of 45 letters to describe a disease for a lung condition caused by the inhalation of dust, characterized by formation of nodular fibrotic changes in lungs. This word is also known as Pneumoconiosis. The length of this word has taken a place of the 10 longest word in the world.
pneumono = related to lungs (Latin)
ultra = beyond (Latin, as in ultraviolet)
microscopic = extremely small (Latin/Old English)
silico = silica (Latin)
volcano = volcano (Latin)
coni = related to dust (Greek: konis, dust)
osis = disease / condition (Greek)

http://blog.yam.com/ hiroshiken/archives/ 2086667.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis [矽肺病]

2006-11-19 18:01:50 補充：
簡稱: pneumoconiosis

2006-11-19 18:13:00 補充：
pneumono = related to lungs (Latin) ultra = beyond (Latin, as in "ultraviolet") microscopic = extremely small (Latin/Old English) silico = silica (Latin) volcano = volcano (Latin) coni = related to dust (Greek: konis, dust) osis = disease / condition (Greek)