er·got·ism

(ûr′gə-tĭz′əm)

Poisoning caused by consuming ergot-infected grain or grain products, or from excessive use of drugs containing ergot.

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ergotism

(ˈɜːɡəˌtɪzəm)

(Pathology) ergot poisoning, producing either burning pains and eventually gangrene in the limbs or itching skin and convulsions. Also called: Saint Anthony's fire

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er•got•ism

(ˈɜr gəˌtɪz əm)

n.

poisoning from excessive medication with ergot or from eating grain contaminated with ergot fungus.

[1850–55]

ergotism

a condition caused by eating rye or some other grain infected with ergot fungus or by an overdose of an ergot medicinal agent.

ergotism

[ˈɜːgətɪzəm] N → ergotismo m

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ergotism

n (Med) → Mutterkornvergiftung f, → Ergotismus m

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er·got·ism

n. ergotismo, intoxicación crónica producida por el uso excesivo de alcaloides del cornezuelo de centeno.

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Morel's travels and clinical experience taught him that Europe's masses endured a host of crippling diseases, including cretinism and ergotism. Shocked by the incidence of these and other diseases among the poor, Morel turned the theory of progress on its head.

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Claviceps tainted grain, notably rye, causes ergotism. By the authors' own account, in the agrarian Early Middle Ages half of all children died before age five and those who reached age forty were exceptional.

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