各个领域造就的最长单词不一而论,大部分情况下公认最长的单词是已知最大蛋白——肌联蛋白的IUPAC名, 由189,819个字母组成,从 Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyl… 开始 到…glutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylglutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserxisoleucine 结束,大约需要3小时读完。[1]
排除这个单词后,其次是:
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (共有45个字母)
[ˈnju:mənəuˌʌltrəˌmaikrəsˈkɔpikˈsilikəvɔlˈkeinəukəuniˈəusis]
[医]硅酸盐沉着病,矽肺病
pneumono- (of lung)
ultra- (beyond)
micro (very small)
scopic- (of viewing or observing)
silico- (of silicon)
volcano
coni- ( koni, of dust)
osis-(forming the name of a disease)