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lathyrism

American

[lath-uh-riz-uhm] / ˈlæθ əˌrɪz əm /

noun

Pathology.

a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.

lathyrism British

/ ˈlæθərɪzəm /

noun

a neurological disease often resulting in weakness and paralysis of the legs: caused by eating the pealike seeds of the leguminous plant Lathyrus sativus

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Etymology

Origin of lathyrism

1885–90; < New Latin Lathyr ( us ) genus name (< Greek láthyros a kind of pea) + -ism

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Lathyrism.—The name lathyrism has been given to a disease supposed to be connected with the use of the pulse and the chick pea.

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