Pellagra Synonyms

pə-lăgrə, -lāgrə, -lä-
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 alcoholism or other nutritional impairments
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Alpine scurvy
  2. mal de la rosa
  3. mal rosso
  4. maidism
  5. mayidism
  6. Saint Ignatius' itch

Pellagra Sentence Examples

  • There and in Lombardy the disease known as pellagra is most widely diffused.

  • The peasantry suffer much from pellagra.

  • Extreme niacin deficiency results in a condition called pellagra, one of the negative side effects.

  • Pellagra was common in the past when poverty led to malnutrition or where corn was a main staple and was prepared and stored in such a way that niacin was depleted from food.

  • Malaria, dysentery and the vitamin deficiency disease pellagra attacked the prisoners.

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