(n.) An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy.

Lombardy leprosy anemia ariboflavinosis cachexia chlorosis deficiency anemia dermatitis goiter greensickness keratomalacia kwashiorkor maidism malnutrition night blindness osteomalacia osteoporosis pellagra pernicious anemia protein deficiency rachitis rickets scurvy struma vitamin deficiency xerophthalmia