| Pronunciation: | | 'urgu`tizum
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[n] poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and craming and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs |
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ERGOTISM is a 8 letter word that starts with E. |
| | See Also: | | intoxication, poisoning, toxic condition |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Er"go*tism\, n. [F. ergotisme, fr. L. ergo.]
A logical deduction. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
\Er"got*ism\, n. [From {Ergot}, n.; cf. F. ergotisme.]
(Med.)
A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the
ergot fungus.
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