Posted: Jan 4, 2008, 12:01 AM CST
can't tell you much about the word but I can break it down somewhat..
pneumo...of or relating to the lungs/respiratory system/brachii
no...
ultra... greater or super
microscopic... too small to be seen with the naked eye
silico...of or related to silica (sand)
volcano...obviously something from a volcano
con....latin or spanish for "with"
iosis...a disease
So..to me it sounds like some crap somebody made up to say that some dude crawled down into a volcano, inhaled some sand that screwed up his lungs...and it was probably microscopic particles floating around in the air which the silica dust irritated the lungs and caused pneumonia like symptoms and maybe even open lesions in the lungs or bronchial tubes.... just my guess.
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