silico-, silic-

(Latin: flint, quartz, sand; a crystalline compound [SiO2])

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis

This is one of the longest words in the English language and is divided into the following segments: pneu, mono, ultra, micro, scopic, silico, volcano, coni, osis; and together they mean, "miner's lung disease", or "a disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of very fine silicate, or quartz dust, and occurring especially in the lungs of miners".

silex

silica

silicate

silicatosis

siliceous

silicic

siliciferous

silicify

silicious

silicity

silicoflagellate

silicoflouric

silicole

silicolous

Other related "sand" units: amatho-; ammo-; areni-; thino-.

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silico-, silic-

(Latin: flint, quartz, sand; a crystalline compound [SiO2])

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