Raphanie — Raphanīe (grch.), s.v.w. Kriebelkrankheit (s.d.) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
raphanie — [ʀafani] n. f. ÉTYM. 1803; raphania, 1795, Cullen, II, 364; du lat. raphanus « raifort », cette maladie étant attribuée à l ingestion de semences de Raphanus raphanistrum. ❖ ♦ Méd. Forme convulsive de l ergotisme … Encyclopédie Universelle
Raphanus raphanistrum — Raphany Raph a*ny (r[a^]f [.a]*n[y^]), n. [Cf. F. raphanie.] (Med.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Raphany — Raph a*ny (r[a^]f [.a]*n[y^]), n. [Cf. F. raphanie.] (Med.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English