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pellagra
Alternative clues for the word pellagra
- Disease from fermented grape in which everyone's thrown up
- Characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders
- Vegetable eating wholly brought about King George's disease
- May be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments
- Disease from vitamin deficiency: everyone returned to tuck into confection of grape
- Disease caused by niacin and protein deficiency
- Dietary disease
Word definitions for pellagra in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pellagra is a vitamin deficiency disease most frequently caused by a chronic lack of niacin (vitamin B or synonym: vitamin PP (from: Pellagra Preventing factor)) in the diet. It can be caused by decreased intake of niacin or tryptophan , and possibly by ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) A disease, with skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
chronic disease caused by dietary deficiency and characterized by skin eruptions, 1811, a hybrid formed from Latin pellis "skin" (see film (n.)) + Greek agra "a catching, seizure," related to agrein "to take, seize." But OED suggests it might be originally ...
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.