Sentence example with the word 'pellagra'

pellagra

anemia, beriberi, chlorosis, dermatitis, greensickness, kwashiorkor, malnutrition, osteomalacia, pernicious anemia, rachitis, scurvy, vitamin deficiency

Definition n. a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan

Last update: June 11, 2015


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There and in Lombardy the disease known as pellagra is most widely diffused.   [Please select]

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By this work we know that diseases like beri-beri, scurvy, rickets, and probably pellagra, are due to a lack of these vital elements in the food, and from that fact these are called "deficiency" diseases.   [Please select]

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Besides, in consequence of bad food and overwork, these unhappy creatures are, by hundreds, devoured by pellagra--a disease that, in my country, attacks, as the physicians say, those who are badly fed and lead a life of toil and privation.   [Please select]

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