pellagra

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  1. noun A disease caused by a deficiency of niacin and protein in the diet and characterized by skin eruptions, digestive and nervous system disturbances, and eventual mental deterioration.

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  • In May 2007, 23 inmates died in Chikurubi from an outbreak of pellagra, and many more were ill from the disease. —  Crikey » Canberra Calling
  • An outbreak of pellagra disease in 2007 killed at least 23 inmates at the notorious Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison. —  News
  • How is pellagra diagnosed? and what type of doctor is best to go to for this? —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • In the later case, would be those college students and nurses who came down here to help folks learn how to avoid hookworm and pellagra, the church women who came down and taught people to read, and so on. —  Maggie's Farm
  • Sarah Burton, 35, place of birth and family unknown, died of the disease pellagra in 1914 in Raleigh, and was —  GenealogyBlog
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  1. Italian : pelle, skin (from Latin pellis; see pel-3 in Indo-European roots) + -agra, a seizure (from Latin, from Greek -agrā, from agrā, a seizing; see ag- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. = Italian Pellagra, from New Latin pellagra, from Latin pellis, skin, + Greek ἄγρα, a catching.
 

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