deficiency disease

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

Noun

any condition, such as scurvy, caused by a lack of vitamins or other essential substances

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 → maladie f de carence

deficiency disease deficiency n → Mangelkrankheit f

deficiency disease n → malattia da carenza