PELLAGRA


Meaning of PELLAGRA in English

/ pəˈlægrə; NAmE / noun

[ U ] a disease caused by a lack of good food, that causes the skin to crack and may lead to mental illness

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent.: from Italian , from pelle skin, on the pattern of podagra .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.