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pellagra

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8 lettersPronunciation /pɪˈlaɡɹə/Part of speech nounSorted aaegllprStarts with PEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A disease caused by niacin deficiency, often affecting skin, digestion, and nerves.

Word origin

From Italian pellagra, from Latin pellis (“skin”) + Ancient Greek ἄγρα (ágra, “seizure, attack, catching”).

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  • In 1755 the French physician Gaspar Casal (1680–1759) published an account of pellagra, then a new disease in Spain.
  • Mixing the alkali into the recipe in the right way chemically releases the otherwise unavailable niacin in the corn, which stops pellagra in its tracks, and allowed corn-based agricultural populations to grow and spread.

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