ergotism | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun ergotism has 1 sense

ergotism - poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and craming and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs
--₁ is a kind of poisoning, toxic condition, intoxication

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