(archaic) Like a lath; long and slender.

(India, countable) A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen. / (uncountable) A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India.

plural of lathi

A neurological disease of humans and domestic animals, caused by eating certain legumes of the genus Lathyrus and characterised by paralysis and emaciation.

Of or pertaining to lathyrism.

(chemistry, medicine) Any agent that induces lathyrism.

plural of lathyrane

(organic chemistry) Any of a class of diterpenes mostly found in Euphorbiaceae.

plural of lathyrogen