Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A convulsive disease, resembling ergotism, believed to be due to the eating of the seeds of the wild radish (Raphanus Raphanistrum).
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- noun
Poisoning by ingestion of seeds of the wildradish , Raphanus raphanistrum.
Etymologies
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Raphanus + -ia
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Examples
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Whereas the pains of the raphania, or painful convulsion, commence with coldness of the part, or of the extremities.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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