Mal Rosso (Noun)
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The patient's mal_rosso symptoms gradually subsided following a course of niacin supplements and dietary modifications.
- Migrants forced to rely on restricted diets during long periods of displacement often suffered from mal_rosso due to severe nutritional deficiencies.
- In their groundbreaking study, researchers linked long-term mal_rosso to irreversible damage in neurological pathways and organs.
- Pellagra or mal_rosso was endemic in areas where processed corn had been adopted as a staple food without the practice of nixtamalization.
- People struggling with addiction and homelessness were more susceptible to contracting mal_rosso due to chronic malnutrition.