noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any disease caused by the presence of (excess) vitamins

   "The definitions of hypo vitaminosis or hyper vitaminosis are more controversial."

Example

More examples

"The definitions of hypo vitaminosis or hyper vitaminosis are more controversial."

Etymology

From vitamin + -osis.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.