ergotism

== English == === Etymology 1 === From ergot +‎ -ism. ==== Noun ==== 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 ===== ergotoxicosis St. Anthony's fire === Etymology 2 === From French ergotisme, from Latin ergo. ==== Noun ==== ergotism (plural ergotisms) A logical deduction. === Anagrams === gritsome == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ergotisme. === Noun === ergotism n (uncountable) ergotism ==== Declension ====