Term: ergotism: 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
Candidate hypernym: condition: a state at a particular time → 1
Candidate hypernym: major-league team: a team that plays in a major league → 0
Candidate hypernym: surcoat: a tunic worn over a knight's armor → 0
Candidate hypernym: malacologist: a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks → 0
Candidate hypernym: trace: either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree → 0
Candidate hypernym: ginger: pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery → 0
Candidate hypernym: senate campaign: a race for election to the senate → 0
Candidate hypernym: ark shell: marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface → 0
Candidate hypernym: helmsman: the person who steers a ship → 0
Candidate hypernym: angling: fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole) → 0
Candidate hypernym: larix: larches → 0