Home › Words › L › lathyrismlathyrismlathyrism means A neurological disease of humans and domestic animals, caused by eating certain legumes of the genus Lathyrus and characterised by paralysis and emaciation.EtymologyLathyrus + -ismnounA neurological disease of humans and domestic animals, caused by eating certain legumes of the genus Lathyrus and characterised by paralysis and emaciation.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.neurolathyrism 83% match — Lathyrism. vs lathyrism →lathyritic 74% match — Of or pertaining to lathyrism. vs lathyrism →osteolathyrism 71% match — A collagen cross-linking deficiency brought on by dietary overreliance on the seeds of plants of the genus Lathyrus, especially Lathyrus sativus, the grass pea. vs lathyrism →lathyrogen 69% match — Any agent that induces lathyrism. vs lathyrism →lathyrane 65% match — Any of a class of diterpenes mostly found in Euphorbiaceae. vs lathyrism →angiolathyrism 65% match — Pathological changes in blood vessels due to Lathyrus infection. vs lathyrism →osteolathyrogenic 58% match — Causing osteolathyrism. vs lathyrism →locoism 56% match — locoweed poisoning, the central nervous system disorder of animals vs lathyrism →