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Meanings of ergot in English
A fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid.
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Italian mothers received an injection of the ergot derivative ergotamine after delivery.
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The opium poppy and ergot, a lysergic-acid producing fungus.
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Objective: Serotonergic appetite suppressants and ergot-derived dopamine agonists have been associated with drug-induced valvular heart disease.
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The frequence with which ergot should be so administered depends on the results and the indications.
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Two conditions are necessary for the production of this ergot upon the seed of rye grass.
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You know the whole ergot theory of history?
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Taken in large doses, ergot will produce nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, headache, and weakness of the heart.
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Something to do with ergot in grain.
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The alkaloids in ergot constrict blood vessels, causing seizures, nausea, uterine contractions, and eventually gangrene and death.
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India generally only clears wheat with zero ergot fungus, a level French wheat exporters say they cannot guarantee.
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She put some hot stones in a bowl of water to make an infusion of ergot for Ayla.
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Hysteria, hallucinations, and a feeling that something is crawling on the skin are all signs of ergot poisoning.
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If it looks and smells bad, it's probably full of ergot, and it should be avoided, Ayla advised.
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An aseptic preparation of ergot given intramuscularly is most efficient in raising the blood pressure and aiding the heart.
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The ergot stand showed medicines made both from and against it, newspaper clippings, literature ancient and modern, and art.
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When venesection is not indicated in certain conditions of low blood pressure and heart failure, ergot has saved life.
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