| NOUN | state | avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis | any of several diseases caused by deficiency / deficiency of one or more vitamins |
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| Meaning | Any of several diseases caused by deficiency / deficiency of one or more vitamins. | |
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| Synonym | hypovitaminosis | |
| Narrower | beriberi | avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) |
| nyctalopia, night blindness, moon blindness | inability to see clearly in dim light | |
| pellagra, Alpine scurvy, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, maidism, mayidism, Saint Ignatius' itch | A disease caused by deficiency / deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin) | |
| rickets, rachitis | childhood disease caused by deficiency / deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus | |
| scurvy, scorbutus | A condition caused by deficiency / deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) | |
| Broader | malnutrition | A state of poor nutrition |
| Spanish | avitaminosis, hipovitaminosis | |
| Catalan | avitaminosi | |
| Adjectives | avitaminotic | of or relating to or characteristic of avitaminosis |
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