Thesaurus: ergotism

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1. n. A logical deduction.
2. n. A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
3. n. 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
4. A logical deduction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
5. A logical deduction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
6. n. 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