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Asked by shonagregory to Daniel, Jon, Louise, Sharon on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: About. This question was also asked by freyaburnett.
Question: what is the most scientific word you can think of?
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Sharon Sneddon answered on 23 Jun 2010:
well, the longest word that I can think of is not that long at all, its
Parthenogenetic or Parthenogenesis coming in at 15 letters!However, the longest word in English is actually a scientific word, it’s aprotein called..
methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucy-lphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamy-lglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleu-cylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyll-ysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylala-nylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylala-nylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleu-cylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylal-anylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinyl-phenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylg-lutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleuc-ylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanyla-sparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosyla-lanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylserylv-alylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylal-anylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhi-stidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcyst-einylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucy-larginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosy-lthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycy-lalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylas-paraginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylaspar-aginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylgly-cylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalany-lisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylseryl-glycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutamin-ylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethiony-lleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylprolyl-methionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine
it has 313 letters and I would not like to try and say it!
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Louise Dash answered on 23 Jun 2010:
Why?
(That’s my word – not a question! It’s the most important word in science I think – we want to find out *why* things are the way they are)
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Comments
Louise commented on :
Did you type that out by hand Sharon???
Sharon commented on :
he he he, I might have had a little help from google and cut and paste!!!!
spongebob commented on :
hi this is spongebob you have not answed any of my questions
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hi shona this is libby