plumbism
English
noun
Definitions
- (medicine) A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. Symptoms include lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop.
Etymology
Derived from Latin plumbum (lead).
Origin
Latin
plumbum
Gloss
lead
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- plumbotsumite English
- plombi Finnish
- plumbago Latin
- plumbarius Latin
- plumbeus Latin
- plumbum Latin
- Plombe German
- piombo Italian
- plomb French
- plombe French
- plomber French
- plomo Spanish, Castilian
- μόλυβδος Ancient Greek
- plombe Norwegian Bokmål
- chumbo Portuguese
- prumo Portuguese
- plombe Norwegian Nynorsk
- plommet Old French
- chumbo Galician
- plumb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- plwm Welsh
- Pb Translingual
- plumb Albanian
- plom Middle French
- pliumbu Aromanian
- pljumbu Aromanian
- plomb Occitan
- plum Romansh
- plomu Asturian
- plomp Friulian
- plom Old Occitan
- chiummu Sicilian
- cchiummo Neapolitan
- plómb Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish