Definition of avitaminoses Avitaminoses
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What does avitaminoses mean?
Part of speech
🔤- avitaminoses, noun, plural of avitaminosis.
WordNet
NounPlural: avitaminoses |
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| avitaminosis - any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins | ||
| hypovitaminosis | ||
| malnutrition a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods | ||
| beriberi avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) | ||
| alpine scurvy, maidism, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, mayidism, pellagra, saint ignatius' itch a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments | ||
| rickets, rachitis childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus | ||
| scorbutus, scurvy a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) | ||
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Wiktionary 
- avitaminosis (Noun)
Any disease which is caused by vitamin deficiency.
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avitaminosis
The complete absence of a vitamin in the human body.
Part of speech
🔤- avitaminosis, noun, singular of avitaminoses.
