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rye grass poisoning — poisoning from the eating of rye grass (genus Lolium), usually when it is moldy, consisting of mycotoxicosis. Common types are darnel poisoning and rye grass staggers. See also endoconidiotoxicosis … Medical dictionary
Lolium temulentum — darnel, a rye grass whose seeds contain a narcotic that causes darnel poisoning (q.v.) when moldy seeds are eaten … Medical dictionary
endoconidiotoxicosis — en·do·co·nid·io·tox·i·co·sis (en″do ko nĭd″e o tok″sĭ koґsis) mycotoxicosis from ingestion of fungi of the genus Endoconidium; see darnel poisoning, under poisoning … Medical dictionary
Endoconidium — En·do·co·ni·di·um (en″do kə nidґe um) a genus of Fungi Imperfecti of the form class Hyphomycetes. E. temulenґtum sometimes contaminates the grass Lolium temulentum and causes darnel poisoning … Medical dictionary
loliism — Poisoning by the seeds of a grass, Lolium temulentum (in the form of flour made into bread), characterized by giddiness, tremor, green vision, dilated pupils, prostration, and sometimes vomiting. [L. lolium, darnel, tares] … Medical dictionary
Lolium temulentum — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
Mithridate — Elaborately gilded drug jar for storing mithridate. By Annibale Fontana, about 1580 90. Courtesy, J. Paul Getty Museum. This article is about the remedy; Mithridate is also a 1673 play by Jean Racine. For other uses, see Mithridates Mithridate,… … Wikipedia
