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Meanings of ergotism in English
Poisoning caused by the ingestion of ergot fungi which infect rye and other cereals.
Synonyms
Examples for "saint anthony's fire"
Examples for "saint anthony's fire"
1
I got the Saint Anthony's fire, also, in my left leg, and became quite a cripple.
2
He was a big man with a white face, red hair and a touch of Saint Anthony's fire upon the cheek.
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Hysteria, hallucinations, and a feeling that something is crawling on the skin are all signs of ergot poisoning.
Usage of ergotism in English
1
Constitutional diseases, such as ergotism, anthrax, and septicemia, predispose to gangrene.
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Outbreaks of ergotism are rare today, but a few did occur in the twentieth century.
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For some time, ergotism looked like a good contender.
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Wood also mentions a species of ergotism characterized by epileptic paroxysms, which he calls "spasmodic ergotism."
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Long before Albert Hofmann extracted lysergic acid from ergot to make LSD, people infected with ergotism had bad LSD-like trips of their own.
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States are not governed by ergotisms.
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As Sir Thomas Browne said long ago, nations are not governed by ergotisms (or as we should say syllogisms) but by instinct and common sense.