lathyrism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A neurological disease of humans and domestic animals, caused by eating certain legumes of the genus Lathyrus and characterised by paralysis and emaciation.

Word forms

lathyrism

Etymology

Lathyrus + -ism

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