erewhon
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a satirical novel written by Samuel Butler (1872) describing a fictitious land
erg
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
ergo
— Biord
– Engelsk
～ (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
ergocalciferol
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
ergodic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ positive recurrent aperiodic state of stochastic systems; tending in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions
ergodicity
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ an attribute of stochastic systems; generally, a system that tends in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions
ergometer
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ measuring instrument designed to measure power
ergonomic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ of or relating to ergonomics
ergonomics
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments
ergonovine
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ an alkaloid derived from ergot (trade name Ergotrate Maleate) that is less toxic than ergot; induces muscular contraction of the uterus and is administered after childbirth or abortion
ergosterol
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation
ergot
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
ergot
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid
ergotamine
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ an alkaloid derived from ergot that is less toxic than ergot; causes constriction of blood vessels and is used to treat migraine
ergotic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ relating to or produced by ergot
ergotism
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs
ergotropic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ of or relating to ergotropism
ergotropism
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ an affinity for work