Avitaminosis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any disease which is caused by vitamin deficiency. uncountable, usually

    "Watching him, Dorrigo Evans wondered if it was avitaminosis or the combined damage of several maladies that had done this—whatever the cause, he was painfully aware that food would cure this and almost all of the afflictions he saw."

  2. 2
    any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins wordnet

Synonyms

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hypovitaminosis

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"Watching him, Dorrigo Evans wondered if it was avitaminosis or the combined damage of several maladies that had done this—whatever the cause, he was painfully aware that food would cure this and almost all of the afflictions he saw."

Etymology

From a- + vitamin + -osis.

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