noun
pellagra
Pellagra (noun) means an illness caused mainly by a lack of niacin, which leads to skin sores and confusion.
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An illness caused mainly by a lack of niacin, which leads to skin sores and confusion.
"In 1755 the French physician Gaspar Casal (1680–1759) published an account of pellagra, then a new disease in Spain."
— Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind (1997)
"Mixing the alkali into the recipe in the right way chemically releases the otherwise unavailable niacin in the corn, which stops pellagra in its tracks, and allowed corn-based agricultural populations to grow and spread."
— Joseph Henrich (2016)
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Etymology
Comes from Italian pellagra, formed from Latin pellis (“skin”) and Ancient Greek ἄγρα (ágra, “seizure, attack, catching”).
Synonyms
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maidism
mayidism
Rhymes for pellagra
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What is the meaning of pellagra?
"pellagra" (noun) means an illness caused mainly by a lack of niacin, which leads to skin sores and confusion.
What is another word for pellagra?
Other words for "pellagra" include maidism, mayidism.
