pellagragenicadj.
/pᵻˌlaɡrəˈdʒɛnɪk/, /pɛˌlaɡrəˈdʒɛnɪk/, /pᵻˌleɪɡrəˈdʒɛnɪk/, /pɛˌleɪɡrəˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /pəˌleɪɡrəˈdʒɛnɪk/, /pəˌlæɡrəˈdʒɛnɪk/, /pəˌlɑɡrəˈdʒɛnɪk/ Medicine.
Causing pellagra.
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pellagrous1827
pellagragenic1903
1903 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 11 July 86 Alcoholism renders the organism more prone to suffer from pellagragenic poison.
1947 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 169 465 It has..been claimed that indoleacetic acid..may be pellagragenic in the rat.
1953 S. K. Kon & J. W. G. Porter in G. H. Bourne & G. W. Kidder Biochem. & Physiol. Nutrition I. 324 Pellagragenic diets are frequently also low in thiamine, riboflavin, and pantothenic acid, so that pellagra is often complicated by the multiple nature of the avitaminosis.
1964 H. H. Mitchell Compar. Nutrition Man & Domest. Animals II. xiii This pellagragenic effect of corn can be changed to a pellagra-protective effect when the corn is hydrolyzed by alkali.
2000 Jrnl. Agric. & Food Chem. 48 3081 The leucine-to-lysine ratio..is an indicator of the pellagragenic character of a protein.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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