I am such a dork sometimes

[mtemplar]

OK, so the hubby just called me up from the dinner thing he was helping to host, wanting to know just what kind of disease comes from eating too much polenta while in Italy that makes your teeth fall out. Now, I...being the dork that I am, happen to know that they're discussing lysine deficiency (an amino acid that maize-based diets are deficient in), but for the life of me, I can't remember the common term for it. I tried searching around on the internet, but no luck.

Now I'm going to be up all night freaking thinking about it. I AM A DORK!!! *bangs head against keyboard*

EDIT: Pellegra. Combination of B3 (niacin) and lysine deficiency. Yay!