(ecza.) ilâç yapımında kullanılan hastalıklı çavdar tanesi. ergotism (i.), (tıb.) mahmuzlu çavdar ekmeği yeme sonucunda meydana gelen hastalık.
Result of French - Turkish dictionary
ergot
ergo mahmuz se dresser sur ses ergotskabarmak, horozlanmak
Result of English - English dictionary
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.
(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.
(n.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.