protistology

[proh-ti-stol-uh-jee]

noun

the biology of the Protista.

Origin:
1910–15; protist + -o- + -logy

Related forms

pro·tis·to·log·i·cal

[proh-tis-tl-oj-i-kuhl] , adjective

pro·tis·tol·o·gist, noun

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Protistology has a plethora of syllables.

So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:

(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)

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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