Definition of pellagra in English:

pellagra

noun pɛˈleɪɡrəpɛˈlaɡrə

mass noun

A deficiency disease caused by a lack of nicotinic acid or its precursor tryptophan in the diet. It is characterized by dermatitis, diarrhoea, and mental disturbance, and is often linked to over-dependence on maize as a staple food.
糙皮病，蜀黍红斑，培拉格病
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1902, the American South was swept with an epidemic of pellagra (a niacin and tryptophan deficiency).
- Deficiency leads to pellagra, a condition characterized by dermatitis, diarrhea and certain mental health problems.
- Hypoproteinemia and pellagra are caused when tryptophan (ie, an essential amino acid) is used for serotonin production instead of for protein and niacin synthesis.
- A 67 year old Zambian woman presented to our mission hospital with diarrhoea, dementia, and dermatitis, which are the classic features of pellagra.
- He is best known for his work on the disease pellagra, the ‘scourge of the south,’ in which he discovered that the cause of pellagra was a dietary insufficiency, later identified as vitamin B niacin.
- But due to peasant resistance and initiative, maize became the primary crop, supporting grain and livestock production and providing the peasant's major food, a dependence that later produced the scourge of pellagra.
- The troops suffered from malaria, dengue fever, beriberi, hookworm and pellagra.
- A deficiency of niacin causes the disease pellagra.
- Inadequate amounts of this vitamin cause a disease called pellagra, which is characterized by skin disorders, weak muscles, diarrhea, and loss of appetite.
- The severe symptoms, depression, dermatitis and diarrhea, are associated with the condition known as pellagra.
- Despite differing reports about the initial symptoms of this wasting disease, pellagra is characterized by diverse clinical manifestations mainly involving the dermatological, gastrointestinal, and neurological systems.
- His work on pellagra saved thousands of lives.
- The occurrence of pellagra started to be associated from the mid 1700s with a poor diet of maize-meal without meat or milk in different parts of the world, and this link was still occurring in the US well into the twentieth century.
- Nongovernment organizations have initiated public health programs such as the Rockefeller Foundation which undertook eradication of pellagra and hookworm.
- We now know that a niacin or tryptophan deficiency causes pellagra.
- Severe deficiency of vitamin B - 6 may lead to pellagra, a neurological illness with features of dementia.
- Those highly dependent on corn as a food might develop pellagra and this chronic disease, causing dermatitis, diarrhea, and ultimately dementia, battered the population of European corn growing regions during the nineteenth century.
- When was the last time that you met an American-born person suffering from rickets, scurvy, beriberi, pellagra, or any other disease caused entirely by malnutrition.
- The cutaneous changes were among the first symptoms of pellagra to appear in anorexia nervosa patients.
- There, in the camp, he almost died of hunger, developed dystrophy and pellagra, and almost lost his central vision.

Derivatives

pellagrous

adjective pɛˈlaɡrəspɛˈleɪɡrəs

Why must they suffer these unsightly pellagrous lesions, and all the accompanying discomforts?

Origin

Early 19th century: from Italian, from pelle 'skin', on the pattern of podagra.

Rhymes

Niagara, Viagra

Definition of pellagra in US English:

pellagra

noun

A deficiency disease caused by a lack of nicotinic acid or its precursor tryptophan in the diet. It is characterized by dermatitis, diarrhea, and mental disturbance, and is often linked to overdependence on corn as a staple food.
糙皮病，蜀黍红斑，培拉格病
Example sentencesExamples
- The cutaneous changes were among the first symptoms of pellagra to appear in anorexia nervosa patients.
- The occurrence of pellagra started to be associated from the mid 1700s with a poor diet of maize-meal without meat or milk in different parts of the world, and this link was still occurring in the US well into the twentieth century.
- A 67 year old Zambian woman presented to our mission hospital with diarrhoea, dementia, and dermatitis, which are the classic features of pellagra.
- Nongovernment organizations have initiated public health programs such as the Rockefeller Foundation which undertook eradication of pellagra and hookworm.
- The troops suffered from malaria, dengue fever, beriberi, hookworm and pellagra.
- He is best known for his work on the disease pellagra, the ‘scourge of the south,’ in which he discovered that the cause of pellagra was a dietary insufficiency, later identified as vitamin B niacin.
- Severe deficiency of vitamin B - 6 may lead to pellagra, a neurological illness with features of dementia.
- Inadequate amounts of this vitamin cause a disease called pellagra, which is characterized by skin disorders, weak muscles, diarrhea, and loss of appetite.
- When was the last time that you met an American-born person suffering from rickets, scurvy, beriberi, pellagra, or any other disease caused entirely by malnutrition.
- Hypoproteinemia and pellagra are caused when tryptophan (ie, an essential amino acid) is used for serotonin production instead of for protein and niacin synthesis.
- His work on pellagra saved thousands of lives.
- We now know that a niacin or tryptophan deficiency causes pellagra.
- Those highly dependent on corn as a food might develop pellagra and this chronic disease, causing dermatitis, diarrhea, and ultimately dementia, battered the population of European corn growing regions during the nineteenth century.
- But due to peasant resistance and initiative, maize became the primary crop, supporting grain and livestock production and providing the peasant's major food, a dependence that later produced the scourge of pellagra.
- Despite differing reports about the initial symptoms of this wasting disease, pellagra is characterized by diverse clinical manifestations mainly involving the dermatological, gastrointestinal, and neurological systems.
- Deficiency leads to pellagra, a condition characterized by dermatitis, diarrhea and certain mental health problems.
- The severe symptoms, depression, dermatitis and diarrhea, are associated with the condition known as pellagra.
- A deficiency of niacin causes the disease pellagra.
- In 1902, the American South was swept with an epidemic of pellagra (a niacin and tryptophan deficiency).
- There, in the camp, he almost died of hunger, developed dystrophy and pellagra, and almost lost his central vision.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Italian, from pelle ‘skin’, on the pattern of podagra.

单词	pellagra
释义	Definition of pellagra in English: pellagra noun pɛˈleɪɡrəpɛˈlaɡrə mass noun A deficiency disease caused by a lack of nicotinic acid or its precursor tryptophan in the diet. It is characterized by dermatitis, diarrhoea, and mental disturbance, and is often linked to over-dependence on maize as a staple food. 糙皮病，蜀黍红斑，培拉格病 Example sentencesExamples In 1902, the American South was swept with an epidemic of pellagra (a niacin and tryptophan deficiency). Deficiency leads to pellagra, a condition characterized by dermatitis, diarrhea and certain mental health problems. Hypoproteinemia and pellagra are caused when tryptophan (ie, an essential amino acid) is used for serotonin production instead of for protein and niacin synthesis. A 67 year old Zambian woman presented to our mission hospital with diarrhoea, dementia, and dermatitis, which are the classic features of pellagra. He is best known for his work on the disease pellagra, the ‘scourge of the south,’ in which he discovered that the cause of pellagra was a dietary insufficiency, later identified as vitamin B niacin. But due to peasant resistance and initiative, maize became the primary crop, supporting grain and livestock production and providing the peasant's major food, a dependence that later produced the scourge of pellagra. The troops suffered from malaria, dengue fever, beriberi, hookworm and pellagra. A deficiency of niacin causes the disease pellagra. Inadequate amounts of this vitamin cause a disease called pellagra, which is characterized by skin disorders, weak muscles, diarrhea, and loss of appetite. The severe symptoms, depression, dermatitis and diarrhea, are associated with the condition known as pellagra. Despite differing reports about the initial symptoms of this wasting disease, pellagra is characterized by diverse clinical manifestations mainly involving the dermatological, gastrointestinal, and neurological systems. His work on pellagra saved thousands of lives. The occurrence of pellagra started to be associated from the mid 1700s with a poor diet of maize-meal without meat or milk in different parts of the world, and this link was still occurring in the US well into the twentieth century. Nongovernment organizations have initiated public health programs such as the Rockefeller Foundation which undertook eradication of pellagra and hookworm. We now know that a niacin or tryptophan deficiency causes pellagra. Severe deficiency of vitamin B - 6 may lead to pellagra, a neurological illness with features of dementia. Those highly dependent on corn as a food might develop pellagra and this chronic disease, causing dermatitis, diarrhea, and ultimately dementia, battered the population of European corn growing regions during the nineteenth century. When was the last time that you met an American-born person suffering from rickets, scurvy, beriberi, pellagra, or any other disease caused entirely by malnutrition. The cutaneous changes were among the first symptoms of pellagra to appear in anorexia nervosa patients. There, in the camp, he almost died of hunger, developed dystrophy and pellagra, and almost lost his central vision. Derivatives pellagrous adjective pɛˈlaɡrəspɛˈleɪɡrəs Why must they suffer these unsightly pellagrous lesions, and all the accompanying discomforts? Origin Early 19th century: from Italian, from pelle 'skin', on the pattern of podagra. Rhymes Niagara, Viagra Definition of pellagra in US English: pellagra noun A deficiency disease caused by a lack of nicotinic acid or its precursor tryptophan in the diet. It is characterized by dermatitis, diarrhea, and mental disturbance, and is often linked to overdependence on corn as a staple food. 糙皮病，蜀黍红斑，培拉格病 Example sentencesExamples The cutaneous changes were among the first symptoms of pellagra to appear in anorexia nervosa patients. The occurrence of pellagra started to be associated from the mid 1700s with a poor diet of maize-meal without meat or milk in different parts of the world, and this link was still occurring in the US well into the twentieth century. A 67 year old Zambian woman presented to our mission hospital with diarrhoea, dementia, and dermatitis, which are the classic features of pellagra. Nongovernment organizations have initiated public health programs such as the Rockefeller Foundation which undertook eradication of pellagra and hookworm. The troops suffered from malaria, dengue fever, beriberi, hookworm and pellagra. He is best known for his work on the disease pellagra, the ‘scourge of the south,’ in which he discovered that the cause of pellagra was a dietary insufficiency, later identified as vitamin B niacin. Severe deficiency of vitamin B - 6 may lead to pellagra, a neurological illness with features of dementia. Inadequate amounts of this vitamin cause a disease called pellagra, which is characterized by skin disorders, weak muscles, diarrhea, and loss of appetite. When was the last time that you met an American-born person suffering from rickets, scurvy, beriberi, pellagra, or any other disease caused entirely by malnutrition. Hypoproteinemia and pellagra are caused when tryptophan (ie, an essential amino acid) is used for serotonin production instead of for protein and niacin synthesis. His work on pellagra saved thousands of lives. We now know that a niacin or tryptophan deficiency causes pellagra. Those highly dependent on corn as a food might develop pellagra and this chronic disease, causing dermatitis, diarrhea, and ultimately dementia, battered the population of European corn growing regions during the nineteenth century. But due to peasant resistance and initiative, maize became the primary crop, supporting grain and livestock production and providing the peasant's major food, a dependence that later produced the scourge of pellagra. Despite differing reports about the initial symptoms of this wasting disease, pellagra is characterized by diverse clinical manifestations mainly involving the dermatological, gastrointestinal, and neurological systems. Deficiency leads to pellagra, a condition characterized by dermatitis, diarrhea and certain mental health problems. The severe symptoms, depression, dermatitis and diarrhea, are associated with the condition known as pellagra. A deficiency of niacin causes the disease pellagra. In 1902, the American South was swept with an epidemic of pellagra (a niacin and tryptophan deficiency). There, in the camp, he almost died of hunger, developed dystrophy and pellagra, and almost lost his central vision. Origin Early 19th century: from Italian, from pelle ‘skin’, on the pattern of podagra.
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