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lathyrism
lathyrism Path. (ˈlæθɪrɪz(ə)m) [f. lathyr-us, + -ism.] A condition produced by the use as food of the seeds of some species of the genus Lathyrus. It is characterized by formication, tremors, convulsive movements, and paraplegia.1888 in Syd. Soc. Lex. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 461 A paralytic af...
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Lathyrism
Lathyrism is a condition caused by eating certain legumes of the genus Lathyrus. Osteolathyrism, a different type of lathyrism, affects the connective tissues, not the motor neurons.
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Lathyrism (disambiguation)
Lathyrism is a class of neurological disease of humans. Lathyrism may also refer to:
Forms of lathyrism
Neurolathyrism, caused by consumption of certain legumes of the genus Lathyrus.
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lathyrogen
lathyrogen, n. Med. (ˈlæθɪrədʒən) [f. lathyrism n. + -ogen.] A substance which causes lathyrism.1962 Laboratory Investigation XI. 697/1 It has not been proven whether the lesions result from the direct action of the lathyrogen on the cartilage or from the action of some metabolic product of the lath...
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Neurolathyrism
Poor people sometimes know how to reduce the chance of developing lathyrism but face a choice between starvation and risking lathyrism. Consequently, they became ill from lathyrism.
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lathyric
lathyric, a. Path. (ləˈθɪrɪk) [f. lathyr-us + -ic.] Produced by the use of the seeds of a plant of the genus Lathyrus; causing lathyrism.1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 806 This..would suggest a similarity of action between the lathyric and the ergotic poisoning.
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Angiolathyrism
Angiolathyrism is a form of Lathyrism disease. However it is caused by similar action and is typically associated with the other forms of lathyrism.
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Lathyrus sativus
The seeds contain a neurotoxin that causes lathyrism, a neurodegenerative disease, if eaten as a primary protein source for a prolonged period. It depicts a woman who can no longer walk due to lathyrism, surrounded by starving people waiting for bowls of grass pea-based food.
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Lathyrus japonicus
The pods can be eaten but like many members of the genus Lathyrus they contain β-oxalyl-L-α,β-diaminopropionic acid, which can cause paralysis called lathyrism
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Lathyrus cicera
This is one pea species known to cause lathyrism; nevertheless, as cicerchia it figured among the comestibles enjoyed by the fortunate Milanese, listed
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Lathyrus niger
Seeds of Lathyrus species are toxic, containing an enzyme that interferes with collagen synthesis to cause the disease Lathyrism.
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Osteolathyrism
Osteolathyrism, sometimes referred to as odoratism, is a form of the disease Lathyrism.
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Gachas
Toxicity of grass pea gachas
Grass peas, which grow well in dry conditions, can be toxic if eaten over a long period, causing lathyrism. It depicts a woman who can no longer walk due to lathyrism, surrounded by starving people waiting for bowls of grass pea-based food.
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Aminopropionitrile
Lathyrism, a disease known for centuries, encompasses 2 distinct entities: a disorder of the nervous system (neurolathyrism) leading to limb paralysis,
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Jerome Gross
In the late 1950s, he became interested in lathyrism and, with Charles Levene, made the critical observations that lathyrism resulted from abnormal aggregation With such colleagues as Martin Tanzer, Utaka Nagai, Andrew Kang, and others, Gross continued studies of mechanisms of collagenolysis, lathyrism, and wound
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