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HYPOVITAMINOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins
Synonyms:
avitaminosis; hypovitaminosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hypovitaminosis" is a kind of...):
malnutrition (a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hypovitaminosis"):
beriberi (avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1))
Alpine scurvy; maidism; mal de la rosa; mal rosso; mayidism; pellagra; Saint Ignatius' itch (a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments)
rachitis; rickets (childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus)
scorbutus; scurvy (a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C))
moon blindness; night blindness; nyctalopia (inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder)
