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And now it's over to diseases, where we come across another long word (45 letters to be precise)- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (sometimes spelt "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoKoniosis"; with a 'K')! Apparently, this disease occurs especially in miners (people working in mines; not 'minOrs', which means 'children'). What part of the body does this disease affect?

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane or DDT was once considered a miraculous chemical when it was first invented in 1874 in Germany. What was it used as?

"Polytetrafluoroethylene"- another long chemical name; where are you likely to find it?

Staying with chemical names, we meet the king of long words- 1,913 letters long! (Some say it's 1,909 letters long, but I don't have the patience to count.) methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenyl- alanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamyl- gycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonyl- leucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl- serylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucyl- glutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl- glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucyl- alanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl- alanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl- glycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanyl- glutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyl- lysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl- leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanyl- asparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl- tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl- aspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalyl- glutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminyl- alanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanyl- prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartyl- alanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl- isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyl- tyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyl- alanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysyl- glutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminyl- glycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminyl- valyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl- glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl- isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamyl- prolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenyl- alanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginy- lserine Quite overwhelming, isn't it? It is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S. What type of a compound is this chemical?