The longest word in Romanian is , the long name of (silicosis), at 44 letters long. It is a chronic respiratory disease. Its name in English is "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" and it is the longest English word in a major English dictionary. However, the "Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române" ("Explanatory Dictionary of the Romanian Language", DEX). says the longest word in Romanian is , which is a medical stabilization method. It has 25 letters and comes from the French word .