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ERGOTISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ergotism" is a kind of...):
intoxication; poisoning; toxic condition (the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance)
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