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saturnism

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sat·urn·ism  (str-nzm)
n.
See lead poisoning.
[From saturn, lead (obsolete), with which alchemists associated the planet Saturn.]
saturnism [ˈsætəˌnɪzəm]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol another name for lead poisoning
[from New Latin sāturnismus; properties similar to those of lead were attributed to the planet]
saturnism
plumbism.
See also: Poison
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Noun1.saturnism - toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the systemsaturnism - toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
lead poisoning, plumbism
illness, sickness, unwellness, malady - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
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Goya's illness, perhaps saturnism caused by toxic fumes from lead salts in the paint he used, brought chronic headaches and permanent hearing loss.
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Saturnism goes back to the medieval alchemists, for whom Saturn symbolized lead, while they believed the planet Saturn to have leadlike properties, a fact totally disproved by modern astronomers.
Saturnine paradoxes. (Expat Advice) by Bucher, Marcel / Swiss News
1) People have been suffering lead poisoning--sometimes called saturnism, plumbism, or colic--for thousands of years.
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