pellagra
noun/pəˈlæɡrə/
/pəˈlɑːɡrə/
[uncountable]- a disease caused by eating food that lacks certain nutrients (= substances important for health) that leads to problems with the skin, digestive system and brainTopics Health problemsc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Italian, from pelle ‘skin’, on the pattern of podagra.
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