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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 systemplay

  Familiarity information: PLUMBISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLUMBISM (noun)


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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