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Lead Poisoning

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Noun

1. lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism

toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lead Poisoning

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noun
1. Also called: plumbism, saturnism
acute or chronic poisoning by lead or its salts, characterized by abdominal pain, vomiting, convulsions, and coma
2. US slang
death or injury resulting from being shot with bullets

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Lead Poisoning

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an acute or chronic poisoning caused by the absorption of lead or any of its salts into the body: it may result in anemia, constipation, colic, paralysis, or muscular cramps

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lead Poisoning

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n.
Acute or chronic poisoning by lead or any of its salts, with the acute form causing severe gastroenteritis and encephalopathy and the chronic form causing anemia and damage to the gastrointestinal tract and nervous system. Also called saturnism.

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