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  1. 1. n. A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism. Source: opted
  2. 2. A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism. Source: webster
  3. 3. A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, notuncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed tobe caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock(Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is nowknown to be a form of ergotism. Source: adambom

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