saturnism
[ sat-er-niz-uhm ]
Origin of saturnism
11850–55; <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
pathol another name for lead poisoning
Origin of saturnism
1C19: from New Latin sāturnismus; properties similar to those of lead were attributed to the planet
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