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plumbic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective plumbic has 1 sense
- plumbic(a = adj.pert) plumbous - relating to or consisting of lead; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
plumbic, a. [From Plumbum.].
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
plumbic, adj.
1 Chem. containing lead esp. in its tetravalent form.
2 Med. due to the presence of lead.
1 Chem. containing lead esp. in its tetravalent form.
2 Med. due to the presence of lead.
Derivative
plumbism n. (in sense 2).
Etymology
L plumbum lead
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