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pellagra noun. E19.
[Italian, from pelle skin (from Latin pellis PELL noun1) + -agra after PODAGRA.]
Medicine. A condition caused by nicotinic acid (niacin) deficiency, characterized by dermatitis, diarrhoea, and mental disturbance and common where maize is the staple food.
Comb.: pellagra-preventive factor niacin, nicotinic acid.
pellagra'genic adjective causing pellagra E20.
pellagrin noun a person affected with pellagra M19.
pellagrose adjective affected with pellagra M19.
pellagrous adjective of or pertaining to pellagra M19.