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May be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments
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pellagra
Alternative clues for the word pellagra
- Characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders
- Disease caused by niacin and protein deficiency
- Itching to see Indian city with unlimited enchantments
- Vegetable eating wholly brought about King George's disease
- Disease from vitamin deficiency: everyone returned to tuck into confection of grape
- Disease from fermented grape in which everyone's thrown up
Word definitions for pellagra in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pellagra \Pel"la*gra\ (p[e^]l"l[.a]*gr[.a]), n. [It. pelle skin + agro rough.] (Med.) An affection of the skin, characterized by redness, especially in exposed areas, scaling and shedding of the skin, and accompanied with severe gastrointestinal disturbance ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) A disease, with skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Another form of mental disorder, pellagra , was associated clinically with diarrhoea and dermatitis. ▪ Colitis, which is histologically similar to ulcerative colitis, has also been described in association with pellagra . ▪ Eat ...
Usage examples of pellagra.
Their absence is probably responsible for certain diseases, such as beriberi, scurvy, and possibly pellagra, as well as much ill health of a less definite sort.
The granaries were full and the children of the poor grew up rachitic, and the pustules of pellagra swelled on their sides.