saturnisme

Catalan

Etymology

From Saturn +‎ -isme. (In mediaeval thought, Saturn was the planet associated with the element lead.)

Noun

saturnisme m (plural saturnismes)

1. lead poisoning

   Synonym: plumbosi

Related terms

• saturní

Further reading

• “saturnisme”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.tyʁ.nism/ ~ /sa.tyʁ.nizm/

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Noun

saturnisme m (plural saturnismes)

1. lead poisoning

Related terms

• plomb
• saturnin

Further reading

• Jacques Quevauvilliers (2007), Dictionnaire médical, 5th edition, Issy-les-Moulineaux: Elsevier Masson, →ISBN
• “saturnisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012