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noun
A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Alpine scurvy, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, maidism, mayidism, Saint Ignatius' itch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis
History
From Italian pellagra, from Latin pellis (“skin”) + Ancient Greek ἄγρα (ágra, “seizure, attack, catching”).
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
