ERGOTISM
\ˈɜːɡətˌɪzəm], \ˈɜːɡətˌɪzəm], \ˈɜː_ɡ_ə_t_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of ERGOTISM
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Noah Webster.
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Poisoning caused by ingesting ergotized grain or by the misdirected or excessive use of ergot as a medicine.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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Poisoning by ergot. An affection produced by the use of spurred rye. At times, the symptoms are limited to vertigo, spasms, and convulsions. See Convulsio oerealis. Most commonly, there is torpor with numbness of the hands and feet, which waste away, lose sensation and the power of motion, and separate from the body by dry gangrene
By Robley Dunglison
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Chronic ergot-poisoning.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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