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What is the longest word in the English language according to major dictionaries?

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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

At 45 letters long, it refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust. It was originally coined as a hoax to be the longest word.

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