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PELLAGRAZEIN

\pˈɛlɐɡɹˌe͡ɪza͡ɪn], \pˈɛlɐɡɹˌe‍ɪza‍ɪn], \p_ˈɛ_l_ɐ_ɡ_ɹ_ˌeɪ_z_aɪ_n]\

Definitions of PELLAGRAZEIN

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Poisonous ptomain from damaged maize.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Poisonous ptomains found in damaged maize. Some authorities believe them to be the cause of pellagra.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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