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LEAD POISONING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lead poisoning mean?
• LEAD POISONING (noun)
The noun LEAD POISONING has 1 sense:
1. toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
Familiarity information: LEAD POISONING 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 ("lead poisoning" is a kind of...):
illness; malady; sickness; unwellness (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)
Context examples
This agent is also used as an anticoagulant for blood specimens and is applied as a treatment of lead poisoning.
(Edetic acid, NCI Thesaurus)
It can also be caused by infections or other diseases, therapeutic drugs, lead poisoning, and other conditions.
(Hypochromic Anemia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Others are the result of human activities, like lead poisoning from paint, or exposure to asbestos or mercury from mining or industrial use.
(Environmental Health, NIH: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
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