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Webster 1913 Edition
Ergotism
Er′go-tism
,Noun.
[F.
ergotisme
, fr. L. ergo
.] A logical deduction.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Er′got-ism
,Noun.
(Med.)
A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ergotism
ER'GOTISM
,Noun.