pellagra
noun
a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
pellagrous
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a word derived from
pellagra.
Example Sentences
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GOLDBERGER, J., WHEELER, G. A., AND SYDENSTRICKER, E.: A study of the diet of pellagrous and non-pellagrous households.
From The Vitamine Manual by Walter H. Eddy
VOEGTLIN, C., AND HARRIES, R. H.: The occurrence of pellagra in nursing infants in the observations on the chemical composition of the human milk from pellagrous mothers.
From The Vitamine Manual by Walter H. Eddy
The nature of the dietary effect has not been discovered, although certain observations point to a combined deficiency in some of the recognized dietary factors as the cause of the pellagrous syndrome.”
From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit
It is much more likely that the pellagrous syndrome is caused by a combination of the deficiencies in some of the well recognized food factors.
From The Vitamine Manual by Walter H. Eddy
The nature of the dietary effect has not been discovered, although certain observations point to a combined deficiency in some of the recognized dietary factors as the cause of the pellagrous syndrome.
From The Vitamine Manual by Walter H. Eddy
