Term: pellagra: 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
Candidate hypernym: condition: a state at a particular time → 1
Candidate hypernym: requisiteness: the state of being absolutely required → 0
Candidate hypernym: wedding guest: a guest at a wedding → 0
Candidate hypernym: shading: a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades → 0
Candidate hypernym: amyloid: (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue → 0
Candidate hypernym: plantigrade mammal: an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings → 0
Candidate hypernym: jimdandy: something excellent of its kind → 0
Candidate hypernym: cyril: Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869) → 0
Candidate hypernym: helmetflower: any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process → 0
Candidate hypernym: rainy day: a (future) time of financial need → 0
Candidate hypernym: disaccharide: any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis → 0