n.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
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ergot poisoning, producing either burning pains and eventually gangrene in the limbs or itching skin and convulsions 麦角中毒 (Also called Saint Anthony's fire)