saint ignatius' itch

Questions about saint ignatius' itch

What does saint ignatius' itch mean?

saint ignatius' itch 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".

What is another word for saint ignatius' itch?

Close synonyms include pellagra, Alpine scurvy, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, maidism. 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 saint ignatius' itch a common word?

saint ignatius' itch 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.