Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to pellagra; resembling pellagra; derived from pellagra: as, pellagrous insanity.
- Affected with pellagra.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Pertaining to, or affected with, or attendant on, pellagra.
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Examples
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AND SYDENSTRICKER, E.: A study of the diet of pellagrous and non-pellagrous households.
The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy
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A typical pellagrous dermatitis has not been observed in animals.
The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy
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AND HAR.IES, R. H.: The occurrence of pellagra in nursing infants in the observations on the chemical composition of the human milk from pellagrous mothers.
The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy
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_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.
The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy
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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.
The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy
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A study of the diet of nonpellagrous and pellagrous households.
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