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deficiency disease

American  

noun

Pathology.

  1. any illness associated with an insufficient supply of one or more essential dietary constituents.

deficiency disease British  

noun

  1. med any condition, such as pellagra, beriberi, or scurvy, produced by a lack of vitamins or other essential substances Compare avitaminosis

  2. botany any disease caused by lack of essential minerals

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Etymology

Origin of deficiency disease

First recorded in 1910–15

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