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Definition: Ergotism |
ErgotismNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Poisoning caused by ingesting ergotized grain or by the misdirected or excessive use of ergot as a medicine. (references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Judgment | Noun: result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inference, ergotism; illation; corollary, porism; moral. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ergotism |
| English words defined with "ergotism": Raphany. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | St. Anthony with a victim of ergotism.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ergotism | 13 |
ergotism in loosed salem satan | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "ergotism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | التسمم الأرغوني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ерготизъм. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ergotisme (gangrene due to ergotism, Saint Anthony's fire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ergotisme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ergotisme (gangrene due to ergotism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ergotismus, mutterkornvergiftung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γαγγραινώδης εργοτισμός (gangrene due to ergotism), εργοτισμός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | anyarozsmérgezés. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ergotismo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ergotismay ergotismo (Erin, gangrene due to ergotism). (various references) отравление спорыньей. (various references) ergotizam. (various references) ergotismo (gangrene due to ergotism). (various references) çavdar mahmuzu hastalığı. (various references) суперечка (beef, contest, controversy, debate, disagreement, spar, sparring, tussle, variance, words), полеміка (debate, polemic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ergotism": ergotisms. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ergotism" (pronounced er"guti'zum) |
| 7 | -g u t i' z u m | egotism. |
| 6 | -u t i' z u m | astigmatism, conservatism, corporatism, despotism, diamagnetism, dogmatism, electromagnetism, favoritism, ferromagnetism, helotism, hypnotism, magnetism, nepotism, patriotism, pragmatism, rheumatism, separatism. |
| 5 | -t i' z u m | absolutism, autism, baptism, defeatism, elitism, Irredentism, leftism, pietism, statism, vigilantism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, consumerism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, deism, determinism, diastrophism, dimorphism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, federalism, feminism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-m-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: egotism, erotism, goiters, goitres, goriest, moister, mortise, ogreism, trisome. | |
-2 letters: egoism, egoist, ergots, gemots, goiter, goitre, grimes, griots, isomer, merits, metros, mister, miters, mitres, moires, ogrism, orgies, remits, rimose, smiter, somite, sortie, stogie, tigers, timers, tories, trigos, triose. | |
-3 letters: emirs, emits, ergot, gemot, germs, giros, girts, gismo, goers, gores, gorse, grime, griot, grist. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-m-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: ergotisms. | |
+2 letters: ergonomist, geometrics, geometrids, geometries, geometrise, geotropism, morganites, smothering. | |
+3 letters: dogmatizers, egocentrism, emigrations, ergonomists, ergotamines, geometrised, geometrises, geometrizes, geotropisms, goniometers, metrologies, metrologist, resmoothing, somerseting, temporising. | |
+4 letters: arteriograms, centimorgans, earthmovings, egocentrisms, embryologist, gastrocnemii, gastronomies, geochemistry, geometrising, germinations, goniometries, gradiometers, heterogamies, impregnators, legitimators, metrologists, microgametes, mineralogist, misorienting, misreporting, moonlighters, numerologist, remigrations, remoistening, risorgimento, somersetting, steamrolling, stigmasterol, tomographies, trimetrogons. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 72 67 6F 74 69 73 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-. --. --- - .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110010 01100111 01101111 01110100 01101001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E r g o t i s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0072 0067 006F 0074 0069 0073 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3984738186758579 |
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