Ergotism

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounThe effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs.

Synonyms

Saint Anthony's fire ergotoxicosis gangrenous st. anthony's fire erethism hypericism estrogenism geotrichosis bakanae gout orchidalgia green-sickness

Rhymes With

altruism skepticism mechanism despotism dynamism organism schism magnetism

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