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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system;
[syn: lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Plumbism \Plum"bism\, n. [From Plumbum.] (Med.) A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

plumbism n 1: toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system [syn: lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism]