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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLUMBISM

From Latin plumbum lead.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PLUMBISM

plumbism  [ˈplʌmˌbɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLUMBISM

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plumbism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PLUMBISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lead poisoning

Lead poisoning is a type of metal poisoning and a medical condition in humans and other vertebrates caused by increased levels of the heavy metal lead in the body. Lead interferes with a variety of body processes and is toxic to many organs and tissues including the heart, bones, intestines, kidneys, and reproductive and nervous systems. It interferes with the development of the nervous system and is therefore particularly toxic to children, causing potentially permanent learning and behavior disorders. Symptoms include abdominal pain, confusion, headache, anemia, irritability, and in severe cases seizures, coma, and death. Routes of exposure to lead include contaminated air, water, soil, food, and consumer products. Occupational exposure is a common cause of lead poisoning in adults. According to estimates made by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, more than 3 million workers in the United States are potentially exposed to lead in the workplace.

Definition of plumbism in the English dictionary

The definition of plumbism in the dictionary is chronic lead poisoning.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLUMBISM


abysm
əˈbɪzəm
Babism
ˈbɑːbɪzəm
cambism
ˈkæmbɪzəm
clubbism
ˈklʌbɪzəm
cubism
ˈkjuːbɪzəm
disyllabism
daɪˈsɪləˌbɪzəm
Hobbism
ˈhɒbɪzəm
mobbism
ˈmɒbɪzəm
monosyllabism
ˌmɒnəʊˈsɪləbɪzəm
nabobism
ˈneɪbɒbɪzəm
Pan-Arabism
ˈærəˌbɪzəm
phobism
ˈfəʊbɪzəm
polysyllabism
ˌpɒlɪˈsɪləbɪzəm
scribism
ˈskraɪbɪzəm
snobbism
ˈsnɒbɪzəm
strabism
ˈstreɪbɪzəm
syllabism
ˈsɪləˌbɪzəm
Wahabism
wəˈhɑːbɪzəm
Wahhabism
wəˈhɑːbɪzəm
yobbism
ˈjɒbɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLUMBISM

plumber
plumber´s mate
plumber´s merchant
plumberies
plumbery
plumbic
Plumbicon
plumbiferous
plumbing
plumbing fixtures
plumbisolvency
plumbisolvent
plumbite
plumbless
plumbness
plumbosolvency
plumbosolvent
plumbous
plumbous oxide
plumbum

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLUMBISM

activism
autism
Buddhism
capitalism
criticism
feminism
hedonism
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journalism
Judaism
mechanism
metabolism
militarism
organism
prism
professionalism
racism
realism
terrorism
tourism

Synonyms and antonyms of plumbism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «plumbism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLUMBISM

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The translations of plumbism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plumbism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

铅中毒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plumbism
570 millions of speakers

English

plumbism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

plumbism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التسمم بالرصاص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

plumbism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

plumbism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

plumbism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plumbism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Plumbism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bleivergiftung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鉛中毒
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

plumbism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plumbism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

plumbism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

plumbism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कट्टरवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kurşun zehirlenmesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

plumbism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

plumbism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

plumbism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plumbism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

plumbism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plumbism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plumbism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plumbism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plumbism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLUMBISM»

The term «plumbism» is used very little and occupies the 169.938 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLUMBISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plumbism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLUMBISM»

Discover the use of plumbism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plumbism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Textbook of Basic Nursing
Plumbism Plumbism is lead poisoning, which affects approximately 1 million children in the United States. Lead is toxic to the human body. It is a substance that is found almost everywhere: in water, old paint, contaminated dust, and dirt.
Caroline Bunker Rosdahl, Mary T. Kowalski, 2008
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The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster
15 Another example of water plumbism failing to be diagnosed in a timely manner took place in a convent near Lyons, France. For ten years, the nuns in the convent consumed water containing 2.3 milligrams of lead to the liter, 153 times the ...
Werner Troesken, 2006
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Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification Review Guide: ...
POISONING. (PLUMBISM). LEAD. POISONING. (PLUMBISM). • Definition: A chronic disease caused by the accumulation of toxic amounts of lead in the body; the CDC defines lead poisoning as a whole blood lead level (BLL) ≥ 10 μg/dL ...
JoAnne Silbert-Flagg, Elizabeth Sloand, 2010
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Hygiene of the Painters' Trade
In Germany, according to Fleck,1 other lead trades have shown great improvement in recent years in the incidence of plumbism, but it is rare to find in any place a diminution in the number of lead- poisoned painters. Fleck says that plumbism ...
Alice Hamilton, Charles Patrick Neill, 1913
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Inorganic Lead Exposure and Intoxications
ACUTE ENCEPHALOFKTHY Children In children the most serious effect of plumbism is acute encephalopathy In the majority of cases, affected children are 1 to 5 years old,2 but the age range also includes children from 6 months to 8 years.
Nicolo Castellino, Nicola Sannolo, Pietro Castellino, 1994
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Brush with Death: A Social History of Lead Poisoning
See Roy R. Jones, "Symptoms in Early States of Industrial Plumbism," JAMA 104 (19 Jan. 1935): 195-200; for McCord's humorous recollections on "The Birth of the B.A.," see his A Blind Hog's Acorns, 213-19 (see ch. 4, n. 3). 10. It is customary ...
Christian Warren, 2001
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Unhealthy Health Policy: A Critical Anthropological Examination
Nevertheless, in 1998 the so-called fight against social exclusion law listed infantile plumbism as a national priority. It provided for the screening of intoxicated children in insalubrious neighborhoods and for owners of contaminated apartments ...
Arachu Castro, Merrill Singer, 2004
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Lead poisoning in potteries, tile works, and porcelain ...
There seemed to be justification, therefore, for believing that these 54 men were suffering from chronic plumbism. Thirty-eight men were looked upon as suspicious cases. Fifteen of these had the symptoms described above as characteristic of ...
Alice Hamilton, United States. Bureau of Labor, 1912
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Occupation from the Social Hygienic and Medical Points of View
It was knowledge of the great loss of infantile life, and of the severity of plumbism in women, which forced me to suggest to the Home Office the abolition of female labour in the dangerous processes of white lead factories. The good which has ...
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Analytical Chemistry: (Comprehensively Covering the UGC ...
Plumbism or lead poisoning among cattle, sheep and horses is due to industries and urban settlements. Young cattle are found to be amon^ the primary victims of lead poisoning. Sheep and horses are also affected but only occasionally.
Dr. B. K. Sharma

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLUMBISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plumbism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Watch what you take home,warning about kids and lead risks
Lead poisoning is also known as plumbism, colica pictorum, saturnism, Devon colic, or painter's colic. For example, back in 2010, the ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
2
Uruguay Lead Poisoning
In fact, there have been hundreds of cases of Plumbism, also known as lead poisoning, in Uruguay which has affected hundreds of people over ... «teleSUR English, Jul 15»
3
The Story of Lead Paint Continues Under Globalization
Lead's toxic effects became known nearly three thousand years ago, making lead poisoning (plumbism) one of the first known and most widely ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
4
Resurgence of measles raising concerns, questions
Not unless someone wants to receive acute plumbism delivered by high speed injection to their chest and brain. And yet who questions the ... «The Union Leader, Feb 15»
5
Lead Toxicity in a Pediatric Patient
Lead toxicity (plumbism) most commonly occurs in pediatric patients following exposure to lead paint chips or dust. Children are at increased ... «Pharmacy Times, Jan 13»
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Fight Crime By Getting the Lead Out
Queen Elizabeth I, artist Francisco Goya and US President Andrew Jackson were all afflicted with lead poisoning (plumbism) and one of the ... «Green Prophet, Jan 13»
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'Most paint products cause lead poisoning'
Lead poisoning is also called 'plumbism'. This is because of the ill-effect of lead and lead-containing materials on various organs. Lead has no ... «Daily News & Analysis, Apr 12»
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Let Them Eat Tin
Plumbism (lead poisoning) in wildlife is caused almost entirely by ammunition and fishing tackle. The most common victims of tackle are birds that eat fish or ... «Fly Rod & Reel Magazine, Jul 11»
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Lead poisoning kills 400 Nigerian children in just a few months
Lead poisoning, also known as saturnism or plumbism interferes with pretty much all the major organs, causing especially dangerous ... «ZME Science, Mar 11»
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Lead Poisoning in Samurai Kids Linked to Mom's Makeup
Others have suggested that "plumbism" among the Roman elite — whose fancy food and wine was laced with lead leached from cooking ... «LiveScience.com, Sep 10»

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