| 单词 | ergotism |
| 释义 | ergotism (once / 347627 pages) n WORD FAMILY ergotism: ergotisms USAGE EXAMPLESChronic poisoning, or ergotism, used frequently to occur amongst the poor fed on rye infected with the Claviceps. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) Thus far the best-known examples of poisoning by the products of micro-organisms are botulism and ergotism. Jordan, Edwin Oakes, Food Poisoning(2010) When hay affected with ergot is fed to animals it is productive of a characteristic and serious affection or poisoning known as ergotism. United States. Bureau of Animal Industry, Special Report on Diseases of Cattl...(2010) n poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs Hyper intoxication, poisoning, toxic condition the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance |
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