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2lead

noun, often attrib \ˈled\

Medical Definition of LEAD

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:  a heavy soft malleable ductile plastic but inelastic bluish white metallic element found mostly in combination and used especially in pipes, cable sheaths, batteries, solder, and shields against radioactivity—symbol Pb; see element table

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