avitaminosis

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avitaminosis

noun avitaminoses

  1. uncountable, usually Any disease which is caused by vitamin deficiency. Watching him, Dorrigo Evans wondered if it was avitaminosis or the combined damage of several maladies that had done this—whatever the cause, he was painfully aware that food would cure this and almost all of the afflictions he saw.

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noun vitamin deficiency

Españolavitaminosis
日本語ビタミン欠乏症 bitamin ketsubōshō
中文維生素缺乏症 /维生素缺乏症 wéishēngsù quēfázhèng
Françaisavitaminose
DeutschAvitaminose
Ελληνικάαβιταμίνωση avitamínosi
Русскийавитаминоз avitaminoz

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@misc{avitaminosis_2026,
  title = {avitaminosis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/avitaminosis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}