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lath·y·rism

n :  a diseased condition of humans, domestic animals, and esp. horses that results from poisoning by a substance found in some legumes of the genus Lathyrus(esp. L. sativus) and is characterized esp. by spastic paralysis of the hind or lower limbs .
 
 

 
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