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saturnism

[ sat-er-niz-uhm ]

noun

, Pathology.


saturnism

/ ˈsætəˌnɪzəm /

noun

  1. pathol another name for lead poisoning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of saturnism1

1850–55; < Medieval Latin Sāturn ( us ) lead + -ism; in alchemy the planet was thought to have leadlike properties
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Word History and Origins

Origin of saturnism1

C19: from New Latin sāturnismus; properties similar to those of lead were attributed to the planet
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Example Sentences

And “Seventeen Plus” is full of weird pieces meant for an older audience — there’s A Safe Guide to Dying, about a man who experiments with suicide in VR, as well as Saturnism, an adaptation of the famous Goya painting “Saturn Devouring His Son.”

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