Arsenicism

/ɑrˈsenɪsɪzəm/ noun

The practice, condition, or system of using arsenic; chronic poisoning from repeated arsenic exposure.

From arsenic + the suffix -ism (a system or practice). This term parallels 'mercurialism' (mercury poisoning) and other occupational toxicity conditions.

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