Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A disease of humans and animals caused by eating legumes of the genus Lathyrus and characterized by spastic paralysis, hyperesthesia, and paresthesia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A condition produced by the use of the seeds of Lathyrus Cicera and other species as food. It is characterized by formication, tremors, and paraplegia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
neurological disease ofhumans anddomestic animals , caused by eating certainlegumes of thegenus Lathyrus andcharacterised byparalysis andemaciation .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And except for brief mention, it does not include very local disabilities such as lathyrism (parts of India).
Chapter 4 1999
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In parts of India, thousands of farm workers who are paid with a poisonous variety of lentils suffer paralysis from lathyrism.
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Guillain-Barr paralysis (usually temporary) paralysis from pesticides, chemicals, foods (lathyrism) lump on back tuberculosis of spine floppy or limp weakness usually some loss of feeling
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The 4 biggest causes of crippling in India, affecting over 2 million people, are reported to be polio, iodine deficiency, fluorosis, and lathyrism.
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Ergotism from eating bread made with ergotized wheat is now rare, but _pellagra_ from the consumption of mouldy maize, and _lathyrism_, due to the admixture with flour of the seeds of certain kinds of vetch, are still common in Southern Europe.
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Victims of lathyrism, "crawlers", are numerous among the poor in Ethiopia, India, Bangladesh and Nepal where the affliction remains a present threat.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Cary Fowler 2010
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Victims of lathyrism, "crawlers", are numerous among the poor in Ethiopia, India, Bangladesh and Nepal where the affliction remains a present threat.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Cary Fowler 2010
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Eaten in quantity and over time, the toxin causes paralysis in the legs - lathyrism.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Cary Fowler 2010
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Eaten in quantity and over time, the toxin causes paralysis in the legs - lathyrism.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Cary Fowler 2010
hernesheir commented on the word lathyrism
This debilitating condition comes in 3 unpleasant flavors: osteolathyrism, angiolathyrism, and neurolathyrism.
April 30, 2010