That man died of pellagra.
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Pellagra
Synonyms for "pellagra" (34 found)
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Noun(1 words)
alpine scurvy
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Noun(3 words)
Related words (17)
malnutritionnight blindnessosteomalaciaosteoporosispernicious anemiaprotein deficiencyrachitisricketsscurvystrumavitamin deficiencyxerophthalmia
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6 entriesendemic nutritional deficiencymaize based dietniacin deficiencynutritional deficiency diseasepellagra syndromevitamin deficiency disease
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3 total sentences available.
In 1755 the French physician Gaspar Casal (1680–1759) published an account of pellagra, then a new disease in Spain.
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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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