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| lath·y·rism [ láə rìzzəm ] |
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disease that affects legs: a neurological disease of humans and domestic animals, caused by eating some types of legumes and characterized by lack of strength in the legs or inability to move the legs. The legumes responsible for the disease are of the genus Lathyrus.
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| [Late 19th century. < modern Latin Lathyrus< Greek lathuros, species of vetch] |
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