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PLUMBISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plumbism mean?
• PLUMBISM (noun)
The noun PLUMBISM has 1 sense:
1. toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
Familiarity information: PLUMBISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
lead poisoning; plumbism; saturnism
Hypernyms ("plumbism" is a kind of...):
illness; malady; sickness; unwellness (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)
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