ergotism

n. 麥角中毒

學術名詞

• 麥角中毒：畜牧學、醫學、病理學、獸醫學
• 麥角中毒[症]：食品科技
• 麥角鹼中毒：病理學
• 麥角中毒症：植物學

英文釋義

1. 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