Hyphenation of pellagra

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pellagra? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pel-la-gra

Definitions of pellagra:

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

Synonyms of pellagra:

noun	Alpine scurvy, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, maidism, mayidism, Saint Ignatius' itch, avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis

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