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deficiency disease
noun
, Pathology.
- any illness associated with an insufficient supply of one or more essential dietary constituents.
deficiency disease
noun
- med any condition, such as pellagra, beriberi, or scurvy, produced by a lack of vitamins or other essential substances Compare avitaminosis
- botany any disease caused by lack of essential minerals
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deficiency disease1
First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences
Dr. Chiara, who had collapsed while driving himself on to care for the sick, was sure it was a deficiency disease.
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It was an amount amazingly large and many of the items had presumably been exhausted during the deficiency disease attack.
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Nothing could be more incongruous than the occurrence of a deficiency disease in this land of plenty.
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Medical men thought it was a deficiency disease, but they had not traced down the deficiency responsible.
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