Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ergotism

1 sense of ergotism

Sense 1
ergotism -- (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)
       => poisoning, toxic condition, intoxication -- (the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance)