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Words related to pellagra

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  • blacktongue

    canine pellagra.

  • goldberger

    Joseph, 1874–1929, U.S. physician, born in Austria: discovered the cause of and treatment for pellagra.

  • nicotinamide

    a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 N 2 O, the amide of nicotinic acid, and a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in meat, liver, fish, whole wheat, and eggs: used in medicine chiefly as an agent for preventing or treating human pellagra or animal black tongue.

  • nicotinic acid

    a crystalline acid, C 6 H 5 NO 2 , that is a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in fresh meat, yeast, etc., produced by the oxidation of nicotine, and used in the prevention and treatment of pellagra.

  • pellagra-preventive factor

    nicotinic acid or its amide, nicotinamide, being the vitamin-B-complex members that serve to prevent pellagra.

  • pyridoxine

    a derivative of pyridine, C 8 H 1 1 NO 3 , occurring in whole-grain cereals, meats, fish, etc., and also made synthetically: required for the prevention of pellagra and the formation of hemoglobin; vitamin B 6 .
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