α. 1800s saturnismus.
β. 1800s– saturnism.
saturnismn.
/ˈsatənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈsædərˌnɪz(ə)m/ Medicine. Now rare.
The acute or chronic toxic condition resulting from the ingestion or inhalation of lead; lead poisoning. Also called plumbism.
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lead-colic1774
lead-distemper1774
lead-encephalopathy1774
lead-palsy1774
lead poisoning1841
plumbism1842
saturnism1848
1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 757/2 Saturnismus,..poisoning by lead.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 179 Four had suffered from fits, one from saturnism.
1914 Technograph (Univ. Illinois) May 161 The prevention of industrial arseniasis is the counterpart of the protection against saturnism and mecurialism [sic].
2008 A. Hall tr. P. Barriot & C. Bismuth Treating Victims Weapons Mass Destr. ix. 83 Lead is the cause of childhood saturnism, and threatens cities with old housing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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