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語源

From Lombard pellagra, probably from Latin pellis (“skin”) + Lombard -agra (“sour”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /pɪˈlaɡɹə/, /pɛˈlaɡɹə/

名詞

pellagra (countable and uncountable, plural pellagras)

1. (pathology) A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency. [from 19th c.]
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 531:

     In 1755 the French physician Gaspar Casal (1680–1759) published an account of pellagra, then a new disease in Spain.

   • 2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 7, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:

     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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• pellagric
• pellagrous