pellagra

Other forms of pellagra

plural

pellagras·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pellagra

What does pellagra mean?

pellagra means "a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments".

How many syllables are in pellagra?

pellagra has 3 syllables: pel-lag-ra. The stress falls on "lag". In IPA it is /pəˈlæɡɹə/.

What is another word for pellagra?

Close synonyms include Alpine scurvy, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, maidism, mayidism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pellagra a common word?

pellagra is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.