lead poisoning

noun — 2 senses

lead poisoning

noun

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences A chronic intoxication produced by the absorption of lead into the body, characterized by severe colicky pains, a dark line along the gums, and local muscular paralysis.

Slang A gunshot wound.

Related terms: lead sandwich
Hyponyms: Devon colic, painter's colic
Meronyms: lead colic, saturnia, lead line, wrist drop, carpoptosis, saturnine

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