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plumbum

[pluhm-buh m]
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noun Chemistry.
  1. lead2(def 1).
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Origin of plumbum

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1910–15
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British Dictionary definitions for plumbum

plumbum

noun
  1. an obsolete name for lead 2
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Word Origin

from Latin
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plumbum in Medicine

plumbum

(plŭm′bəm)
n.
  1. The metallic element lead.
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