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avitaminosis

 
Dictionary: a·vi·ta·min·o·sis   (ā-vī'tə-mĭ-nō'sĭs) pronunciation
 
n., pl. -ses (-sēz).

A disease, such as scurvy, beriberi, or pellagra, caused by deficiency of one or more essential vitamins.

avitaminotic a·vi'ta·min·ot'ic (-nŏt'ĭk) adj.
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Food and Nutrition: avitaminosis
 

The absence of a vitamin; may be used specifically, as, for example, avitaminosis A, or generally, to mean a vitamin deficiency disease.

 
Dental Dictionary: avitaminosis
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(āvī′təminō′sis)
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A disease or condition resulting from a deficiency of one or more vitamins in the diet (for example, scurvy, which results from ascorbic acid deficiency, and beriberi, which results from a thiamine deficiency).

 
Veterinary Dictionary: avitaminosis
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Disease due to deficiency of vitamins in the diet. See also nutritional deficiency under each vitamin.

 
Wikipedia: Avitaminosis
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Avitaminosis
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 E50-E56
ICD-9 264-269
MeSH D001361

Avitaminosis is any disease caused by chronic or long-term vitamin deficiency or caused by a defect in metabolic conversion, such as tryptophan to niacin. They are designated by the same letter as the vitamin.

Conversely hypervitaminosis is the syndrome of symptoms caused by over-retention of fat-soluble vitamins in the body.

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Avitaminoses include

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Translations: Avitaminosis
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - avitaminose, vitaminmangelsygdom

Nederlands (Dutch)
ziekte veroorzaakt door vitaminegebrek, avitaminose

Français (French)
n. - (Méd) avitaminose

Deutsch (German)
n. - Avitaminose, Vitaminmangelkrankheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (παθολ.) αβιταμίνωση

Italiano (Italian)
avitaminosi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - avitaminose (f) (Med.)

Русский (Russian)
авитаминоз

Español (Spanish)
n. - avitaminosis

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avitaminos (med.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
维他命缺乏症, 营养缺陷病

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 維他命缺乏症, 營養缺陷病

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 비타민 결핍증

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ビタミン欠乏症

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مرض ناشي عن نقص الفيتامينات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מצב הנובע מחוסר ויטמינים‬


 
 
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