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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

GeoCrater: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

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Hidden : 7/3/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

No, I didn't fall asleep with my hands on the keyboard! This cache title is the longest word (and medical term) in the english language created by a fellow puzzler...so it seemed only fitting to have a geocache located in the employees parking lot of Thomas Hospital. You are searching for a micro prescription bottle (oh the irony) that holds a log only. Good Luck!


Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

This 45-letter medical term was invented in 1935 by Everett M. Smith, president of the National Puzzlers' League (N.P.L.), at its annual meeting. It succeeded electrophotomicrographically as the longest word in the English language. The puzzlers explained that the forty-five-letter artificial long word is the medical diagnosis of lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust. But don't worry, it's not contagious and you will not need a dust mask to find this cache!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh qba'g unir gb or n cebpgbybtvfg gb chyy guvf bar bhg. Ohg lbh jvyy unir gb hfr lbhe svatref (rjr)!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)