ergotism

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

  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.

Sinonimai

ergot poisoning

Saint Anthony’s Fire

Vertimai

Ergotismus

ergotismo

ergotisme

feu de Saint-Antoine

tipo di intossicazione

ignis sacer

ergotisme

kriebelziekte

Brandseuche

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

In summary

From ergot + -ism.

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