Saturnism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saturnism \Sat"ur*nism\, n. (Med.)
     Plumbism. --Quain.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  saturnism
       n : toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead
           into the system [syn: {lead poisoning}, {plumbism}]