1) Intoxication 2) Poisoning 3) Poisoning from tainted grain 4) Toxic condition
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1) Judgment
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==Causes== The toxic ergoline derivatives are found in ergot-based drugs (such as methylergometrine, ergotamine or, previously, ergotoxine). The deleterious side-effects occur either under high dose or when moderate doses interact with potentiators such as erythromycin. Historically, eating grain products contaminated with the fungus Claviceps pur...
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• (n.) A logical deduction. • (n.) A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
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chronic poisoning from excessive or misdirected use of ergot as a medicine, or from eating ergotized grain; it is marked by cerebrospinal symptoms, spasms, and cramps, or by a kind of dry gangrene. Called also St. Anthony's fire.
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(from the article `Anthony of Egypt, Saint`) ...Hospitallers of St. Anthony was founded near Grenoble, France (c. 1100), and this institution became a pilgrimage centre for persons suffering ... ...ergotamine, which is used in treating migraine headaches. After an overdose of medications derived from ergot or after eating flour milled f...
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Chronic poisoning from excessive or misdirected use of ergot as a medicine or from eating ergotised grain, it is marked by cerebrospinal symptoms, spasms and cramps or by a kind of dry gangrene. ... Synonym: St. Anthony's Fire. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(ur´go-tiz-әm) chronic poisoning produced by ingestion of ergot, marked by cerebrospinal symptoms, spasm, cramps, a kind of dry gangrene of the extremities, and burning pain related to intense peripheral vasoconstriction.
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A type of poisoning caused by a mycotoxin produced by the fungus
Claviceps purpurea; the toxin is found in contaminated grain and may cause dramatic neurologic effects as well as decreased blood flow to the extremities.
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Er'got·ism noun [ From
Ergot ,
noun ; confer French
ergotisme .]
(Medicine) A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
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Er'go·tism noun [ French
ergotisme , from Latin
ergo .] A logical deduction. [ Obsolete]
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Type: Term Pronunciation: er′got-izm Definitions: 1. Poisoning by a toxic substance contained in the sclerotia of the fungus, Claviceps purpurea, growing on rye grass; characterized by necrosis of the extremities (gangrene) due to contraction of the peripheral vascular bed. Synonyms: Saint Anthony fire1
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Ergotism: Ergotism could be called a 'cereal killer' for its cause, ergot, comes from cereals such as rye and wheat and is quite capable of killing someone. A fungus (Claviceps purpurea) that contaminates rye and wheat produces substances (alkaloids) termed ergotamines. Ergotamines constrict blood vessels and cause the muscle of the uterus to contr...
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Ergotism (St Anthony's Fire) is poisoning resulting from the consumption of the fungus ergot, often in infected rye. Symptoms include hallucinations, convulsions, burning pains and gangrene in the hands and feet.
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[
n] - poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products
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noun poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and craming and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs
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a condition caused by eating rye or some other grain that is infected with ergot fungus or by taking an overdose of a medicine containing ergot, characterized by cramps, spasms, and a form of gangrene.
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