Definitions from Wiktionary (ergotism)
▸ noun: The plant disease caused by ergot.
▸ noun: The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the fungus Claviceps purpurea which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs, consisting of convulsive and gangrenous symptoms.
▸ noun: The use of ergot-infested grain to poison animals.
▸ noun: A logical deduction.
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▸ noun: The plant disease caused by ergot.
▸ noun: The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the fungus Claviceps purpurea which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs, consisting of convulsive and gangrenous symptoms.
▸ noun: The use of ergot-infested grain to poison animals.
▸ noun: A logical deduction.
Similar:
ergotoxicosis,
St. Anthony's fire,
erethism,
hypericism,
estrogenism,
geotrichosis,
bakanae,
gout,
orchidalgia,
green-sickness,
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gangrenous,
convulsive,
chronic,
acute,
spasmodic,
epidemic,
severe,
carotid,
anorectal,
historical,
remorseless
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