ergotism

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English - Turkish
(isim) çavdar mahmuzu hastalığı
(Tıp) Mahmuzlu çavdar ekmeğinden yenmek suretiyle meydana gelen hastalık
{i} çavdar mahmuzu hastalığı
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The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs
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{i} medical condition caused by ingestion of wheat contaminated with the ergot fungus
A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus
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
ergotism
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