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