Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lead-poisoning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Plumbism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine
lead poisoning
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Lead poisoning also known as "saturnism" for its violent and demented character that is associated with the god Saturn has been identified at least before the fifth century before Christ.
Scientific Blogging 2008
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He also ventured that Caravaggio suffered from saturnism, or lead poisoning, which may have accounted for some of the artist's irrational behavior.
NYT > Global Home 2010
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Vietnam orders submarines and warplanes from Russia photo: Creative Commons/saturnism
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The enduring grace of Grace Kelly photo: Creative Commons/saturnism
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Obama to propose bank fees to recoup bailout funds photo: Creative Commons/saturnism
WN.com - Articles related to Dems, Wall Street water down financial reform 2010
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Obama to propose bank fees to recoup bailout funds photo: Creative Commons/saturnism
WN.com - Articles related to Dems, Wall Street water down financial reform 2010
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Plane overshoots runway; all 43 passengers safe photo: Creative Commons/saturnism
WN.com - Articles related to EVA to start passenger service, Taipei - Toronto 2010
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The U.S. Department of Trade Representative Wednesday expressed concerns after Taiwan's parliament proposed an amendment to the country's photo: Creative Commons/saturnism
WN.com - Articles related to U.S. business group accuses Obama of shorting Taiwan 2010
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His secretary was to get the clangula to turpentine overside his tsuga to end the gaelic saturnism for planless lounge.
Rational Review 2009
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