deficiency disease (redirected from List of illnesses related to poor nutrition)

deficiency disease

n.

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

n

1. (Medicine / Pathology) Med any condition, such as pellagra, beriberi, or scurvy, produced by a lack of vitamins or other essential substances Compare avitaminosis

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany any disease caused by lack of essential minerals

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

deficiency disease - any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral) disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning malnutrition - a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods zinc deficiency - a deficiency caused by inadequate zinc in the diet or by liver disease or cystic fibrosis or other diseases

Translations

deficiency disease n → malattia da carenza