pellagra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency.

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pellagra pellagras

From Italian pellagra, from Latin pellis (“skin”) + Ancient Greek ἄγρα (ágra, “seizure, attack, catching”).

pellagric pellagrous

antipellagra pellagragenic pellagroid

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