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LEAD POISONING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does lead poisoning mean?

• LEAD POISONING (noun)
The noun LEAD POISONING has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: LEAD POISONING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LEAD POISONING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

lead poisoning; plumbism; saturnism

Hypernyms ("lead poisoning" is a kind of...):

illness; malady; sickness; unwellness (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)

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