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phosphorism|ˈfɒsfərɪz(ə)m|
[a. F. phosphorisme (Buffon, a 1788): see -ism.]
†1. = phosphorescence. Obs.
1790Monthly Rev. III. 547 (Mem. Phil. Soc., Lausanne) On the Phosphorism of Fossil Substances, excited by Friction. 1792in Phil. Trans. LXXXII. 28 From this time I find nothing relative to the phosphorism of bodies, till the beginning of the sixteenth century.
2. Path. A diseased state of the system caused by phosphorus; chronic phosphorus poisoning.
1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 921 Phosphorus poisoning may be acute or chronic. The latter malady, known as phosphorism, is principally met with in those who are engaged in the manufacture of matches. Ibid. 924 Children of parents engaged in the manufacture of matches and tainted with phosphorism. |