what does ergotism mean?

ERGOTISM as NOUN

Meaning
- 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
Hypernyms(s) ergotism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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