Definitions for pellagra

pellagra pel·la·gra

Spelling: [puh-lag-ruh, -ley-gruh
IPA: /pəˈlæg rə, -ˈleɪ grə, -ˈlɑ-/

Pellagra is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 185 anagrams from letters in pellagra (aaegllpr).

Definitions for pellagra

noun

  1. a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.

Origin of pellagra

1805-15; Italian New Latin: skin disease, equivalent to pell(is) skin + -agra Greek ágra seizure

Examples for pellagra

He said the languorous Southern atmosphere give 'em pellagra or something.

pellagra is epidemic in northern Italy and the south of France.

Nervous symptoms are conspicuous and sometimes severe, although the affection is of a milder type than pellagra.

Summary of two years' study of insects in relation to pellagra.

There and in Lombardy the disease known as pellagra is most widely diffused.

Another disease peculiar to country life, and which has only within the last few years been recognized, is known as pellagra.

The big overflow drownded me out and my wife died with pellagra in '87.

After this he made some important investigations into the causes of pellagra.

The manifestations of pellagra are periodic and its duration indeterminate.

It is not within the scope of this book to undertake a general discussion of pellagra.

Word Value for pellagra
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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