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lead poisonings

lead poisonings is the plural of lead poisoning.

Meaning of lead poisoning

Noun

lead poisoning (countable and uncountable, plural lead poisonings)

  1. 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:
    plumbism, saturnism
  2. (slang) A gunshot wound.

Questions about lead poisonings

What is lead poisonings the plural of?
Lead poisonings is the plural of lead poisoning.

Words near lead poisonings in the dictionary

  1. lead plane
  2. lead planes
  3. lead poisoner
  4. lead poisoners
  5. lead poisoning
  6. lead poisonings
  7. lead sandwich
  8. lead sandwiches
  9. lead screw
  10. lead screws
  11. lead sheet

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