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ergot
  1. Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
  2. The sclerotium (wintering stage) of certain fungi in the genus Claviceps, appearing as a deformed grain in certain cereals and grasses infected by the fungi.
  3. Examples:
    1. “One of the first recorded attacks was in the seventh century BC when the Assyrians used a fungal disease called ergot to poison water supplies.”
      “The Department of Agriculture has discovered sorghum ergot in a small area of forage sorghum growing in southern Western Australia.”
      “One of the main illnesses treated at the hospital was ergotism, a disease caused by ergot, a fungus that grows especially on rye.”
ergometrine
  1. (chemistry) An ergoline (and lysergamide) derivative, one of the primary ergot and morning glory alkaloids, chemically similar to LSD and used in medicine to facilitate delivery of the placenta and to prevent bleeding after childbirth.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Thankfully, I delivered the placenta without difficulty, or ergometrine.”
      “The studies reviewed used oxytocin, ergometrine, or a mixture of those drugs administered intravenously or intramuscularly immediately after delivery of the infant.”
      “Doctors seldom have an important role, except perhaps to provide reassurance, but they may need to administer a uterine contractant such as ergometrine.”
ergopeptine
  1. (organic chemistry) A peptide ergot alkaloid; any ergoline derivative that contains a tripeptide moiety, comprising proline and α-hydroxy-α-amino acids, linked in a cyclol formation with the carboxyl carbon of proline.
ergotamine
  1. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Oral preparations combining ergotamine and caffeine are available, as are rectal suppositories.”
      “Using vasoconstrictors such as ergotamine and the triptans in the presence of focal ischaemia is a theoretical concern.”
      “Of course his diuretic would probably now be furosemide and his ergotamine tartrate today might be sumatriptan.”
ergotine
  1. (organic chemistry) A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.
ergotoxine
  1. (biochemistry) A mixture of alkaloids (ergocristine, ergocornine and ergocryptine) identified in ergot, formerly believed to be a single compound.
ergocristine
  1. (organic chemistry) An ergopeptine and one of the ergot alkaloids, formerly used in the manufacture of the drug LSD.
ergocriptine
  1. (organic chemistry) A particular indole alkaloid found in ergot
ergocornine
  1. (organic chemistry) A particular alkaloid found in ergot.
ergoalkaloid
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of many alkaloids found in ergot.
ergocryptine
  1. (organic chemistry) A particular alkaloid found in ergot.
ergotin
  1. (medicine) An extract made from ergot.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The hypodermic use of ergotin has been followed by results most gratifying to those employing it.”
      “This remedy, in the form of ergotin, is most effective when introduced beneath the skin.”
      “Vidal has cured three cases by the repeated use of ergotin locally, hypodermically.”
ergonovine
  1. Ergometrine.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It might be presumed that the other preparations available in the United States, methylergonovine maleate and ergonovine maleate, produce the same effects and outcomes.”
      “Five trials showed little evidence of a synergistic effect of adding oxytocin to ergonovine versus ergonovine alone.”
      “Coronary vasospasm was induced by a provocation test with ergonovine, and only total or subtotal occlusion was considered positive.”
ergoalkaloids
  1. plural of ergoalkaloid
ergopeptines
  1. plural of ergopeptine
ergonovines
ergotamines
  1. plural of ergotamine
ergots
  1. plural of ergot
  2. Examples:
    1. “Despite the frequent use of ergots and settings of sepsis, we rarely encounter peripheral symmetrical gangrene in pregnant women.”
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