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deepa  +  14172 Tue, 25 Nov 03 09:14 PM
and this one! osseocarnisanguineoviscericartilaginonervomedullary (51 letters)
by the way the the protein code is not a word it is a combination of those aminoacid codes.
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pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. this word has 45 letters and is a lung disease caused by inhalling tiny pieces of silica.
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cokeaddict87  +  14258 Wed, 26 Nov 03 09:05 PM
Some of these words are obnoxiously long. I am scared. I like the floccinaucinihilipilification word, but I was always told that it meant "The act of thinking about how long it takes to do nothing".Tongue Tied [:S]But I guess everyone who told me that are liars, either that or they are just stupid!
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Thers also a plac in France calld 'Y'. By the way, I new that New Zealand 1. I couldnt be btherd spelin it tho. From little 12 year old.
dinosm  +  14336 Fri, 28 Nov 03 02:45 AM
Ok... Protein names (and proteins include enzymes, proteases, and all other biological macromolecules consisting of aminoacids) cannot count, simply because we don't know what the longest one is.
You mentioned a Tryptophan Synthetase, of some 267 aminoacids' length... in my university course I've been working with proteins more than double the size of that, which would obviously make much larger words, were we to recite their aminoacid residue names one next to the other and call it a word. It isn't - or shouldn't be thought of as a word, anyway.

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deepa, 5 yr 360 days ago
thats very true! i agree with dinosm, as i am a science student too!!
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I wanted to know the longest word that isn't scientific and what I found was ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM which is a movement opposed to the separation of church and state.
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Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylgl
utamylarginyllysylglutamylglysylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylyalylthreonylleucylgl
cycylaspartylprolylglicylisoleucyglutamylglutaminlserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleuc
ylisoleucylglutamylalanylglyclyalanylaspartylalanylleucyglutamylleucylgluycylisoleucylproluylp
henylalanyserylaspartyprolylleucelalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisolleucyglutaminylaspara
ginylalanythreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylgl
utaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglglutamylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminylly
sylhistidylprolyuthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasbara
ginylleucylvalylphenylalanylsparaginyyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanylyltyros
ylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylspartylserylvalylleucylvallalanylasparty
lvalylprolylvalvlglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalalrginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucy
larginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalalprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolyprolylaspar
tylalanylaspartylaspartyspartyleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyroslglycylargi
nylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginlalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylgluta
mylasparaginylarginylanylalanylleucylprolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyll
ysylglutamyltyrosylasparagimylalanylalanyprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenlalanylglycyli
soleyucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylalspartylalanylglycyl
alanylalanylglycylalanylasoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylbalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylgluta
mylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylpronylgluotamyllysylmethionylluecylalanylal
anyoeucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutamilylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginyls
erine.

The longest word in the English language anyway describes a protein in the amino acid of a strand of DNA. This word is Tryptophan synthetase A protein, an enzyme that has 267 amino acids, and makes a record of 1,909 letters. It is the term for the formula C-1289 H-2051 N-343 O-375 S8.
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