saturnism

[ sat-er-niz-uhm ]

nounPathology.

Origin of saturnism

1
1850–55; <Medieval Latin Sāturn(us) lead + -ism; in alchemy the planet was thought to have leadlike properties

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British Dictionary definitions for saturnism

saturnism

/ (ˈsætəˌnɪzəm) /


noun
  1. pathol another name for lead poisoning

Origin of saturnism

1
C19: from New Latin sāturnismus; properties similar to those of lead were attributed to the planet

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