pellagra

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪˈlaɡɹə/, /pɛˈlaɡɹə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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.

Derived terms

• antipellagra
• pellagragenic
• pellagroid

Related terms

• pellagric
• pellagrous

Translations

disease

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糙皮病 (zh) (cāopíbìng)

• Dutch: pellagra (nl)
• Finnish: pellagra (fi)
• French: pellagre (fr) f
• German: Pellagra f
• Irish: peallagra m
• Italian: pellagra (it) f
• Portuguese: pelagra (pt) f
• Russian: пелла́гра (ru) f (pellágra)
• Spanish: pelagra f
• Swedish: pellagra (sv) c

Finnish

Etymology

From Lombard pellagra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpelːɑɡrɑ/, [ˈpe̞lːɑ̝ɡrɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -elːɑɡrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pel‧lag‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): pel‧lag‧ra

Noun

pellagra

1. (pathology) pellagra

Declension

Inflection of pellagra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pellagra	—
genitive		pellagran	—
partitive		pellagraa	—
illative		pellagraan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		pellagra	—
accusative	nom.	pellagra	—
	gen.	pellagran
genitive		pellagran	—
partitive		pellagraa	—
inessive		pellagrassa	—
elative		pellagrasta	—
illative		pellagraan	—
adessive		pellagralla	—
ablative		pellagralta	—
allative		pellagralle	—
essive		pellagrana	—
translative		pellagraksi	—
abessive		pellagratta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pellagra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pellagrani — accusative nom. pellagrani — gen. pellagrani genitive pellagrani — partitive pellagraani — inessive pellagrassani — elative pellagrastani — illative pellagraani — adessive pellagrallani — ablative pellagraltani — allative pellagralleni — essive pellagranani — translative pellagrakseni — abessive pellagrattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pellagrasi — accusative nom. pellagrasi — gen. pellagrasi genitive pellagrasi — partitive pellagraasi — inessive pellagrassasi — elative pellagrastasi — illative pellagraasi — adessive pellagrallasi — ablative pellagraltasi — allative pellagrallesi — essive pellagranasi — translative pellagraksesi — abessive pellagrattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pellagramme — accusative nom. pellagramme — gen. pellagramme genitive pellagramme — partitive pellagraamme — inessive pellagrassamme — elative pellagrastamme — illative pellagraamme — adessive pellagrallamme — ablative pellagraltamme — allative pellagrallemme — essive pellagranamme — translative pellagraksemme — abessive pellagrattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pellagranne — accusative nom. pellagranne — gen. pellagranne genitive pellagranne — partitive pellagraanne — inessive pellagrassanne — elative pellagrastanne — illative pellagraanne — adessive pellagrallanne — ablative pellagraltanne — allative pellagrallenne — essive pellagrananne — translative pellagraksenne — abessive pellagrattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative pellagransa — accusative nom. pellagransa — gen. pellagransa genitive pellagransa — partitive pellagraansa — inessive pellagrassaan pellagrassansa — elative pellagrastaan pellagrastansa — illative pellagraansa — adessive pellagrallaan pellagrallansa — ablative pellagraltaan pellagraltansa — allative pellagralleen pellagrallensa — essive pellagranaan pellagranansa — translative pellagrakseen pellagraksensa — abessive pellagrattaan pellagrattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pelˈla.ɡra/
• Rhymes: -aɡra
• Hyphenation: pel‧là‧gra

Noun

pellagra f (plural pellagre)

1. (pathology) pellagra

Related terms

• pelle
• pellagroso
• podagra

Further reading

• pellagra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana