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Dietary disease
Answer for the clue "Dietary disease ", 8 letters:
pellagra
Alternative clues for the word pellagra
- A disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin)
- Vegetable eating wholly brought about King George's disease
- Disease caused by niacin and protein deficiency
- Disease from fermented grape in which everyone's thrown up
- Characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders
- Disease from vitamin deficiency: everyone returned to tuck into confection of grape
- Itching to see Indian city with unlimited enchantments
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.
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.