lead poisoning

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === lead poisoning (countable and uncountable, plural lead poisonings) (pathology) 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. Synonyms: (medical) plumbism, (archaic) saturnism (slang) A gunshot wound. Synonym: see bullet hole ==== Hyponyms ==== (disease): Devon colic (from lead-lined cider presses); painter's colic (among workers using lead-based paints) ==== Meronyms ==== (disease): lead colic, saturnia, lead line, wrist drop, carpoptosis; saturnine ==== Related terms ==== (slang): lead sandwich ==== Translations ====