BERIBERI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("beriberi" is a kind of...):

avitaminosis; hypovitaminosis (any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beriberi"):

kakke disease (the endemic form of beriberi)

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