The longest word in the English language

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

It's a protein found in a virus, it first appeared in a 1964 reference source for chemists, Chemical Abstracts, its formula is C785H1220N212O248S2 and it's 1185 letters long:


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Twabi2 said...

What a bunch of BS, that's just the polypeptide sequence of the protein written out in full...

Here, let me give you the NEW longest word in English: it's the beta2-receptor structure, the protein in your body that makes your muscles tremble and keeps asthma patients alive.

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So there you go internet. No need to thank me, you're welcome.

January 25, 2011 at 12:31 PM
Amanda said...

Very nice sir. Now please read it fluidly and upload it to youtube.

January 25, 2011 at 8:47 PM

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