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Disease caused by niacin and protein deficiency
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pellagra
Alternative clues for the word pellagra
- Disease from fermented grape in which everyone's thrown up
- Dietary disease
- May be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments
- A disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin)
- Characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders
- Disease from vitamin deficiency: everyone returned to tuck into confection of grape
Word definitions for pellagra in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or ...
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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) A disease, with skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency.
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.