pellagra

pellagra

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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 2016, p. 531:

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

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

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Finnish

Etymology

From Lombard pellagra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpelːɑɡrɑ/, [ˈpe̞lːɑɡrɑ]
• Rhymes: -elːɑɡrɑ
• Syllabification^(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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		pellagratta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of pellagra (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pellagrani	pellagramme
2nd person	pellagrasi	pellagranne
3rd person	pellagransa

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pellagra f (plural pellagre)

1. (pathology) pellagra

Related terms

• pellagroso