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plumbum

plumbum noun: synonym of lead, chiefly in scientific contexts.

Noun

plumbum (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of lead, chiefly in scientific contexts.
    • He says that “in a tumor which bore a strong resemblance to an osteocele, of a most intractable character,” the pain was soon relieved and the tumefaction disappeared, after the use of two globules of plumbum, and then asks if the infinitesimal dose of plumbum produced its resolution; […]1846 August 11, L. Woodruff, “Dr. Ingall’s Case of Tumor”, in J[erome] V[an] C[rowninsfield] Smith, editor, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume XXXV, Boston, Mass.: David Clapp, […]...
    • My experience with plumbum has not been extensive, and the results, so far, not very encouraging, but it must be admitted that my employment of this medicine has been in the most hopeless cases. The lack of uniformity of action of plumbum, and the fact that the majority of a city population are...1916 November 15, Fritz C. Askenstedt, “Some High Blood-Pressure Remedies”, in The North American Journal of Homeopathy, 69th year, Chicago, Ill.: American Medical Union, published 1921, page 1117
    Synonyms:
    lead, chiefly in scientific contexts

plumbum meaning in Tamil

plumbum in Tamil

ஈயம்

Examples of plumbum in a sentence

  • My experience with plumbum has not been extensive, and the results, so far, not very encouraging, but it must be admitted that my employment of this medicine has been in the most hopeless cases.1916 November 15, Fritz C. Askenstedt, “Some High Blood-Pressure Remedies”, in The North American Journal of Homeopathy, 69th year...
  • Rabbits were given 100 mcg of cadmium ions and 100 mcg of plumbum ions orally every 2 days for 2 weeks and then as much as 3 cm³ of it was drawn.2016, Muchlisyam, Jansen Silalahi, Urip Harahap, “Hemicellulose: Isolation and Its Application in Pharmacy”, in Vijay Kumar Thakur, Manju...

Synonyms of plumbum

Origin of plumbum

Learned borrowing from Latin plumbum.

Questions about plumbum

What does plumbum mean?
Plumbum means synonym of lead, chiefly in scientific contexts.
What is plumbum in Tamil?
Plumbum in Tamil is ஈயம். See Plumbum meaning in Tamil.
How do you use plumbum in a sentence?
My experience with plumbum has not been extensive, and the results, so far, not very encouraging, but it must be admitted that my employment of this medicine has been in the most hopeless cases.
What part of speech is plumbum?
Plumbum is a noun.

Words near plumbum in the dictionary

  1. plumbotectonics
  2. plumbotellurite
  3. plumbotsumite
  4. plumbous
  5. plumbs
  6. plumbum
  7. plumbum argentarium
  8. plumbylene
  9. plumbylenes
  10. plumbylidene
  11. plumbylidenes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plumbum (page history and authors); plumbum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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