fagopyrism

fagopyrism

[‚fa·gō′pī‚riz·əm] (veterinary medicine) Photosensitization of the skin and mucous membranes, accompanied by convulsions; produced especially in sheep and swine by feeding on the buckwheat plant, Fagopyrum sagittatum, or clovers and grasses containing flavin or carotene and xanthophyll.