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sat⋅ur⋅nism

  [sat-er-niz-uhm]
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–noun Pathology.
lead poisoning (def. 1b).
Origin:
1850–55; < ML Sāturn(us) lead + -ism; in alchemy the planet was thought to have leadlike properties

lead poisoning

  [led]
–noun
1. Pathology.
a. a toxic condition produced by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption of lead or lead compounds, resulting in various dose-related symptoms including anemia, nausea, muscle weakness, confusion, blindness, and coma.
b. Also called plumbism, saturnism. this condition occurring in adults whose work involves contact with lead products.
2. Slang. death or injury inflicted by a bullet or shot.
Origin:
1875–80
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lead poisoning   (lěd)   
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.
sat·urn·ism   (sāt'ər-nĭz'əm)   
n.  See lead poisoning.

[From saturn, lead (obsolete), with which alchemists associated the planet Saturn.]
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lead poisoning

  1. n.
    death caused by being shot with a lead bullet. (Underworld.) : He pifted because of a case of lead poisoning.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lead poisoning
Function: noun
: chronic intoxication that is produced by the absorption of lead into the system and is characterized by severe colicky pains,a dark line along the gums, and local muscular paralysis called also plumbism, saturnism

Main Entry: sat·urn·ism
Pronunciation: 'sat-&r-"niz-&m
Function: noun
: LEAD POISONING
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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lead poisoning n.
Acute or chronic poisoning by lead or any of its salts, with the acute form marked by gastroenteritis and encephalopathy and the chronic form characterized by anemia and damage to the gastrointestinal tract and nervous system. Also called saturnism.

saturnism sat·urn·ism (sāt'ər-nĭz'əm)
n.
See lead poisoning.

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