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- Ergot - n. - A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.
- Ergot - n. - The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.
- Ergot - n. - A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.
- Ergot - n. - See 2d Calcar, 3 (b).
- Ergotic - a. - Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot; as, ergotic acid.
- Ergotin - n. - An extract made from ergot.
- Ergotine - - A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.
- Ergotism - n. - A logical deduction.
- Ergotism - n. - A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
- Ergotized - a. - Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye.
- Hippocampus - n. - A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.
- Ergotism - n. - A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
- Ergotine - - A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.
- Ergotized - a. - Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye.
- Sclerotic - a. - Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.