pelagra

Borrowed from Italian pellagra, from Latin pellis (“skin”) + Ancient Greek ἄγρα (ágra, “seizure, attack, catching”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /peˈlaɡra/ [peˈlak̚.ra]
• Rhymes: -aɡra
• Syllabification: pe‧lag‧ra

pelagra (uncountable)

1. (pathology) pellagra

• “pelagra”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• Hyphenation: pe‧la‧gra

pelagra f (plural pelagras)

1. (pathology) pellagra (disease caused by niacin deficiency)

• “pelagra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pelagra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Italian pellagra.

• IPA^(key): /peˈlaɡɾa/ [peˈla.ɣ̞ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɡɾa
• Syllabification: pe‧la‧gra

pelagra f (plural pelagras)

1. (pathology) pellagra (disease caused by niacin deficiency) [from late-18th c.]

• “pelagra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025