Meaning of ergotism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The plant disease caused by ergot.
   countable, uncountable
2. A logical deduction.
3. 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.
   countable, uncountable
4. The use of ergot-infested grain to poison animals.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“States are not governed by Ergotisms. Many have Ruled will who could not perhaps define a Commonwealth[…]”

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