'mercury poisoning' definitions:
Definition of 'mercury poisoning'
(from WordNet)
noun
A toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury; acute mercury poisoning causes a metallic taste and vomiting and diarrhea and kidney problems that may lead to death
Definition of 'mercury poisoning'
From: GCIDE
- mercurialism \mer*cu"ri*al*ism\, n. [Mercurial + -ism.] (Med.) The syndrome produced by poisoning due to exposure to mercury, it fumes, or its compounds; mercury poisoning. Such exposure may occur in mining or smelting, or in using mercurial compounds. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mercury poisoning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- altitude sickness,
- anoxemia,
- anoxia,
- anoxic anoxia,
- anthrax,
- black lung,
- caisson disease,
- chilblain,
- decompression sickness,
- frostbite,
- immersion foot,
- itai,
- jet lag,
- lead poisoning,
- Minamata disease,
- motion sickness,
- pneumoconiosis,
- radiation sickness,
- radionecrosis,
- red-out,
- sunstroke,
- the bends,
- trench foot