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Definition of Alpine scurvy

1. Noun. 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.

Medical Definition of Alpine scurvy

1. A niacin deficiency disease (pellagra) caused by improper diet and characterised by skin lesions, gastrointestinal disturbances and nervousness. Depression, dermatitis, dementia and diarrhoea are common symptoms. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpine Scurvy

Literary usage of Alpine scurvy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The maize theory dates from the publication of Marzari (1810), who supported the idea that pellagra and alpine scurvy are identical. ..."

2. Pellagra by Giulio Cesare Alessandrini, Alberto Scala, Edward Mentor Perdue (1916)
"Casal thought it was "a peculiar kind of diseases consisting of a combination of scurvy and leprosy." The same disease was called "alpine scurvy" by Antonio ..."

3. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease: A Text-book for by Augustus Caillé (1906)
"... the so called alpine scurvy, is due to the use of diseased maize as food. Scurvy in children follows the prolonged use of improper food. ..."

4. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1921)
"Again, the tender bleeding gums are suspicious of scurvy, and represent a relationship to that disease as well as explaining the old name of "alpine scurvy" ..."

5. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1918)
"It is especially common in northern Italy, and has been sometimes referred to as alpine scurvy. It is likewise known in Spain and and the south of France. ..."

6. Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates by Patrick Manson (1914)
"In Italy the disease, under the namo of alpine scurvy, was described by Odoardi in 1776, but it had been recognized previously by ..."

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