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1. (n.) ergotism
poisoning from excessive medication with ergot or from eating grain contaminated with ergot fungus.
Etymology: (1850–55)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) ergotism
poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) ergotism
a logical deduction
2. (noun) ergotism
a diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. ergotism
Poisoning caused by ingesting ergotized grain or by the misdirected or excessive use of ergot as a medicine.
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