ergotamine
/ɜːˈɡɒtəmiːn/noun
ergotamine is a noun meaning “An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-R-G-O-T-A-M-I-N-E, and it appears about once in every 40 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ergotamine is ergotamines.
What does ergotamine mean?
noun
- 1
An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ergotamine?
- /ɜːˈɡɒtəmiːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ergotamine
- ergotamines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ergotamine?
Ergotamine appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Ergotamine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an alkaloid extracted from ergot:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ergotamine |
| German | Ergotamin |
| Portuguese | ergotamina |
| Spanish | ergotamina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ergotamine come from?
Borrowed from German Ergotamin, corresponding to ergot + -amine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).