delead

verb

delead

verb

/diːˈlɛd/

Etymology From de- + lead.

1

To remove the lead (metal) from.

  • Most feel that the deleading should be carried out only in the hospital and with adequate laboratory checks, although Belknap, cited above, deleads patients in mild cases while they are ambulatory but under close supervision.1941, Rutherford Thompson Johnstone, Occupational diseases: diagnosis, medicolegal aspects and treatment:

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