Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person affected with pellagra.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is afflicted with pellagra.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is afficted with pellagra.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who is afficted with
pellagra .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From pellagra.]
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Over four or five years, the pellagrin (an individual with pellagra) would progress through the "four Ds" -- dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea, and death.
Dan Agin: Reality Check: National Health Care is National Security 2009
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