See Also: ergotism(medicine)
Ergotism(health)
ergotism(dictionary)

ergotism (iou)



ergotism noun. M19.
[formed as ERGOTAMINE + -ISM.]
Acute or chronic poisoning by ergot alkaloids, with symptoms that may include vomiting, diarrhoea, itching, coma, or dry gangrene of the extremities. M19.
The occurrence of ergot in grasses. M19.