史上最長(zhǎng)英文單詞
各個(gè)領(lǐng)域造就的最長(zhǎng)單詞不一而論,大部分情況下公認(rèn)最長(zhǎng)的單詞是已知最大蛋白——肌聯(lián)蛋白的IUPAC名,由189,819個(gè)字母組成,從Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyl…開始到…glutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylglutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserxisoleucine結(jié)束,大約需要3小時(shí)讀完。[1]
排除這個(gè)單詞后,其次是:
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (共有45個(gè)字母)
[ˈnju:mənəuˌʌltrəˌmaikrəsˈkɔpikˈsilikəvɔlˈkeinəukəuniˈəusis]
[醫(yī)]硅酸鹽沉著病,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)
[1] 該單詞完整版—— Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalany
rtylthreonylleucylIsoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylasparthlalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylseRylaspartylpr
olylleucylalanylaspartylglycylpRolylthreOnylisoleucylglutaminylasPfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarfinylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglyc
ylvalythreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleuOylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysyhistidylprol
ylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysyglycylisoleucylas
partylglutamylphenylalanylthrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalnylaspartylvalylprol
ylvalylglUtaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginyvalylalanylprolyliso
leucylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucyla
rginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrOsylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyl
alanylglutamYlasparainylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylValylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylaspar
aginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglgycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalan
ylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoIeucylisoleucylglutamylgluta
minylHistidylasparaginyliSoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylcalylglutaminylp
rolylmethionlysylalanylalanylthreon——“色氨酸合成酶A蛋白質(zhì)”(一種含有267種氨基酸酶)的化學(xué)名。