| Dictionary: deficiency disease |
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| Food and Nutrition: deficiency disease |
Disease associated with characteristic and identifiable symptoms, signs, or pathological findings, due to insufficient intake, defective absorption or utilization, or excessive metabolism of one or more nutrients. See also anaemia; beriberi; pellagra; protein-energy malnutrition; scurvy.
| Dental Dictionary: deficiency disease |
A disturbance produced by lack of nutritional or metabolic factors. Used chiefly in reference to avitaminosis.
| Geography Dictionary: deficiency disease |
A disease brought about because some vital element is missing in the diet. The food lack is generally of protein, vitamins, or minerals. Common conditions are:
| LACK OF: | DEFICIENCY DISEASE |
|---|---|
| vitamin B | kwashiorkor |
| vitamin C | scurvy |
| vitamin D | rickets |
| iron | anaemia |
| Sports Science and Medicine: deficiency disease |
A disease caused by lack of an essential nutrient. See also vitamin deficiency disease.
| avitaminosis (medicine) | |
| rickets | |
| blacktongue (veterinary medicine) |
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