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Significados de ergotism en inglés

Poisoning caused by the ingestion of ergot fungi which infect rye and other cereals.

        Sinónimos
        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.
        The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave
        2
        He was a big man with a white face, red hair and a touch of Saint Anthony's fire upon the cheek.
        Sir Nigel
        1
        Hysteria, hallucinations, and a feeling that something is crawling on the skin are all signs of ergot poisoning.
        Wicked plants
        Uso de ergotism en inglés
        1
        Constitutional diseases, such as ergotism, anthrax, and septicemia, predispose to gangrene.
        Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
        2
        Outbreaks of ergotism are rare today, but a few did occur in the twentieth century.
        Wicked plants
        3
        For some time, ergotism looked like a good contender.
        The Guardian
        4
        Wood also mentions a species of ergotism characterized by epileptic paroxysms, which he calls "spasmodic ergotism."
        Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
        5
        Long before Albert Hofmann extracted lysergic acid from ergot to make LSD, people infected with ergotism had bad LSD-like trips of their own.
        Wicked plants
        6
        States are not governed by ergotisms.
        The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography
        7
        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.
        The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography
        Ergotism a través del tiempo