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Definition of Lead poisoning
1. Noun. Toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system.
Definition of Lead poisoning
1. Noun. A chronic intoxication that is produced by the absorption of lead into the body and is characterized by severe colicky pains, a dark line along the gums, and local muscular paralysis. ¹
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Medical Definition of Lead poisoning
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lead Poisoning
Literary usage of Lead poisoning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"In New York State in 1909 and 1910, 60 deaths were certified from lead poisoning.
The metal is introduced into the system in many forms. ..."
2. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"CHRONIC lead poisoning This is very common on account of the extensive ...
Sources of Chronic lead poisoning.—Over a hundred industrial processes use lead ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1887)
"CLINICAL NOTES ON CHRONIC lead poisoning. BY JJ PUTNAM, MD THREE years ago, I
reported to the American Neu rological Association a series of eight cases ol ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Chronic lead poisoning is a much more common affection than acute irritant ...
The commonest manifestation of chronic lead poisoning is lead colic,—a ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1864)
"The author says that the renal affection coexistent with lead poisoning is not
a simple coincidence—that he has always found its characters very analogous, ..."
6. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1916)
"lead Poisoning.—Lead is practically never found in natural waters. ... lead poisoning
from this source is much more common than it is given credit for. ..."
7. The ABCs of Safe & Healthy Child Care: A Handbook for Child Care Providers by Cynthia M. Hale, Jacqueline A. Polder (2000)
"The only way to tell they have lead poisoning is to test their blood. Young children,
especially those 18-24 months old, are at greatest risk for lead ..."
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