ergotism

Senso (Inglese)

1. The plant disease caused by ergot.
2. The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the fungus Claviceps purpurea which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs, consisting of convulsive and gangrenous symptoms.
3. The use of ergot-infested grain to poison animals.

Concetti

ergotismo

tipo di intossicazione

sinonimi

poisoning

ergot poisoning

Saint Anthony’s Fire

Traduzioni

ergotisme

ergotismo

Ergotismus

ergotismo

ergotisme

mal des ardents

ignis sacer

ergotisme

kriebelziekte

de

Brandseuche

atacado

cravagem

feu de Saint-Antoine

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine latino: ergo

In summary

From ergot + -ism.