LATHYRISM

noun Etymology: New Latin Lathyrus, from Greek lathyros, a type of pea Date: circa 1888 a diseased condition of humans, domestic animals, and especially horses that results from poisoning by an amino acid found in some legumes (genus Lathyrus and especially L. sativus ) and is characterized especially by spastic paralysis of the hind or lower limbs, lathyritic adjective