Definition of Lead poisoning

1. Noun. Toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system.

Exact synonyms: Plumbism, Saturnism
Generic synonyms: Illness, Malady, Sickness, Unwellness

Definition of Lead poisoning

1. Noun. A chronic intoxication that is produced by the absorption of lead into the body and is characterized by severe colicky pains, a dark line along the gums, and local muscular paralysis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Lead poisoning

1. An environment hazard (for example, from lead-containing paint, leaded gasoline,etc) capable of causing brain damage. (25 Jun 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lead Poisoning

lead hydride
lead hydroxide stain
lead line
lead monoxide
lead neuropathy
lead nowhere
lead off
lead on
lead ore
lead out
lead oxide
lead palsy
lead paralysis
lead pencil
lead plant
lead poisoning (current term)
lead radioisotope
lead sheet
lead shot
lead single
lead someone down the garden path
lead stomatitis
lead storage battery
lead story
lead suboxide
lead sulfate
lead sulfide
lead sulphate
lead tetraethyl
lead tetroxide

Literary usage of Lead poisoning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"In New York State in 1909 and 1910, 60 deaths were certified from lead poisoning. The metal is introduced into the system in many forms. ..."

2. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"CHRONIC lead poisoning This is very common on account of the extensive ... Sources of Chronic lead poisoning.—Over a hundred industrial processes use lead ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1887)
"CLINICAL NOTES ON CHRONIC lead poisoning. BY JJ PUTNAM, MD THREE years ago, I reported to the American Neu rological Association a series of eight cases ol ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Chronic lead poisoning is a much more common affection than acute irritant ... The commonest manifestation of chronic lead poisoning is lead colic,—a ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1864)
"The author says that the renal affection coexistent with lead poisoning is not a simple coincidence—that he has always found its characters very analogous, ..."

6. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1916)
"lead Poisoning.—Lead is practically never found in natural waters. ... lead poisoning from this source is much more common than it is given credit for. ..."

7. The ABCs of Safe & Healthy Child Care: A Handbook for Child Care Providers by Cynthia M. Hale, Jacqueline A. Polder (2000)
"The only way to tell they have lead poisoning is to test their blood. Young children, especially those 18-24 months old, are at greatest risk for lead ..."

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