ergotism
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
ergotism (countable and uncountable, plural ergotisms)
- The plant disease caused by ergot.
- 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.
- The use of ergot-infested grain to poison animals.
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
French ergotisme, from Latin ergo.
Noun[edit]
ergotism (plural ergotisms)
- A logical deduction.
- c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the section)”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press, for Cornelius Crownfield printer to the University; and are to be sold by Mr. Knapton […]; and Mr. [John] Morphew […], published 1716, →OCLC:
- States are not governed by Ergotisms. Many have Ruled will who could not perhaps define a Commonwealth […]
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French ergotisme.
Noun[edit]
ergotism n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
declension of ergotism (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) ergotism | ergotismul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) ergotism | ergotismului |
| vocative | ergotismule | |
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