ergotism
1. [ noun ] (medicine) 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
Related terms: poisoning Saint_Anthony's_fire
Similar spelling:   ergot
  ergotropism
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  Erastianism
  ergotamine
  eristic
  ergodic
  erection
  erecting
  erectile