lead poisoning (l d)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. |
lead poisoning [lɛd]
n
1. (Medicine / Pathology) 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 - toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system Translations
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