pellagra
noun /pəˈlæɡrə/
/pəˈlɑːɡrə/
[uncountable]- a disease caused by a lack of good food, that causes the skin to crack (= break ) and may lead to mental illness
糙皮病，玉米红斑病（因缺乏营养而引起的皮肤皲裂，可导致精神障碍） 词源early 19th cent.: from Italian, from pelle ‘skin’, on the pattern of podagra.