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pneumonoconiosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pneu-mono-co-nio-sis
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of pneumoconiosis.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From German Pneumonokoniosis (1867), from Pneumono- (“lung”) + Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust”) + German -osis (“disease”). In the earliest attestation (1878), after French pneumonokoniose (1878 or earlier). By surface analysis, pneumono- (“lung”) + coniosis (“disease caused by the inhalation of dust”).

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Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pneumonoconioses (plural)

Derived Forms

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Synonyms

pneumoconiosis

Questions

What does pneumonoconiosis mean?
Alternative form of pneumoconiosis.
Where does pneumonoconiosis come from?
It is traced to German.

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