strychnismn.
/ˈstrɪknɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈstrɪkˌnɪzəm/ Pathology.
The condition induced by strychnine poisoning.
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1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 874/2 Strychnos, when taken to such an extent as to induce toxical phenomena—Strychnism—it causes, at first..greatly augmented excitability of the spinal nervous system, [etc.].
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