Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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;
[syn: pellagra, Alpine scurvy, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, maidism, mayidism, Saint Ignatius' itch]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mayidism
n 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
[syn: pellagra, Alpine scurvy, mal de la rosa, mal
rosso, maidism, mayidism, Saint Ignatius' itch]