English

Noun

plumbism ‎(uncountable)

1. (medicine) A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop.

Synonyms

• Devon colic
• lead colic
• lead poisoning
• painter's colic
• saturnism

Translations

References

• plumbism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913