deficiency disease
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deficiency disease
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A disease, such as rickets or scurvy, that is caused by a dietary deficiency of specific nutrients, especially a vitamin or mineral. The disease may stem from insufficient intake, digestion, absorption, or utilization of a nutrient.
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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.
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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 |
Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine:
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deficiency disease
A disease caused by lack of an essential nutrient. See also vitamin deficiency disease.
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Deficiency Diseases
An adverse condition in the human body that develops as a result of a lack of a vitamin or other necessary substance. See Vitamins.
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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deficiency disease
any disease resulting from the deficiency of one or more essential nutrients, e.g. a vitamin, an essential amino acid, or an essential mineral.
| defensin, defective virus, dedifferentiation | |
| deficient, defined medium, degeneracy |
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deficiency disease
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A disturbance produced by lack of nutritional or metabolic factors. Used chiefly in reference to avitaminosis.
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categories related to 'deficiency disease'
- Diseases and Infestations - deficiency disease: any disease, such as beriberi, caused by nutritional deficiency
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