deficiency disease

deficiency disease
deficiency disease n a disease (as scurvy) caused by a lack of essential dietary elements and esp. a vitamin or mineral

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any disease caused by the lack of an essential nutrient in the diet. Such nutrients include vitamin, essential amino acid, and essential fatty acid.

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a condition caused by dietary or metabolic deficiency; the term includes all diseases caused by an insufficient supply of essential nutrients such as protein (or amino acids), vitamins, and minerals.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • deficiency disease — noun Date: 1912 a disease (as scurvy) caused by a lack of essential dietary elements and especially a vitamin or mineral …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • deficiency disease — noun a disease caused by the lack of some essential element in the diet, usually a particular vitamin or mineral …   English new terms dictionary

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  • deficiency disease — defi′ciency disease n. pat any illness associated with an insufficient supply of one or more essential dietary constituents • Etymology: 1910–15 …   From formal English to slang

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