(medicine) Condition due to deficiency of an essential vitamin.
hypovitaminosis
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Vitamin deficiency.
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A deficiency of vitamins that may result from lack of dietary vitamins or an inability to absorb vitamins from food in the alimentary canal.
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A condition produced by lack of an essential vitamin. See under the name of each vitamin.
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