ergotism (English, noun)
expansion: ergotism (countable and uncountable, plural ergotisms)
Senses:
glosses: The plant disease caused by ergot.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: The use of ergot-infested grain to poison animals.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: ergotisms
tags: plural