adiaphorous

 [ad-ee-af-er-uhs]  

ad·i·aph·o·rous

   [ad-ee-af-er-uhs]
adjective
doing neither good nor harm, as a medicine.
Origin:
1625–35, for earlier sense; < Greek adiáphoros, equivalent to a- a-6 + diáphoros different (dia- dia- + -phoros -phorous)
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Adiaphorous has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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adiaphorous (ˌædɪˈæfərəs)
 
—adj
med having no effect for good or ill, as a drug or placebo
 
[C17: from Greek adiaphoros indifferent, from a-1 + diaphoros different]

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