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MAL ROSSO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mal rosso mean?
• MAL ROSSO (noun)
The noun MAL ROSSO has 1 sense:
1. a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments
Familiarity information: MAL ROSSO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Alpine scurvy; maidism; mal de la rosa; mal rosso; mayidism; pellagra; Saint Ignatius' itch
Hypernyms ("mal rosso" is a kind of...):
avitaminosis; hypovitaminosis (any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins)
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