plumbism
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- noun Chronic lead poisoning.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun Lead-poisoning.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- noun A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop.
Examples
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And soon enough, I would have an even greater appreciation for the word plumbism, meaning lead poisoning.
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Symptoms of "plumbism" or lead poisoning were already apparent as early as the first century B.C.
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Others have suggested that "plumbism" among the Roman elite - whose fancy food and wine was laced with lead leached from cooking equipment - contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire.
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Thanks to my bout of plumbism, I never got around to figuring out how the Romans joined their pipes in situ, but, while still a bit ditzy, I did fly off to England to visit the old Roman bathhouse in Bath so I could see a bona fide Roman lead water pipe.
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A Roman man, to be exact, about fifty years of age and dead of — plumbism?
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Many people survive plumbism, albeit with diminished motor and mental function.
Note
The word 'plumbism' comes from a Latin word meaning 'lead'.
