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plumbism

NOUN
  1. toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system

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  • Others have suggested that "plumbism" among the Roman elite - whose fancy food and wine was laced with lead leached from cooking equipment Livescience.com
  • Others have suggested that "plumbism" among the Roman elite - whose fancy food and wine was laced with lead leached from cooking equipment - contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • All patients recognized to have plumbism warrant immediate environmental intervention.
  • Symptoms of "plumbism" or lead poisoning were already apparent as early as the first century B.C. David Sassoon: The True Face of Mean Coal
  • And soon enough, I would have an even greater appreciation for the word plumbism, meaning lead poisoning. Flushed
  • On his admission to our hospital, a suspicion of plumbism was formed.
  • Occult lead poisoning is a difficult diagnosis to make in a primary care setting because the symptoms of plumbism are nonspecific.
  • Pediatric plumbism was rarely diagnosed, however, the victims of this ‘silent epidemic’ going to their graves as cases of meningitis, polio, or convulsions.
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