Disease or Syndrome
vitamin deficiency
vi·ta·min de·fi·cien·cy
Definitions related to vitamin deficiency:
  • Condition due to a deficiency of one or more essential vitamins.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Low levels of one or more vitamins in the body.
    U.S. FDA Glossary
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
  • (vitamin deficiency disorder) A disorder that is caused by the deficiency of a vitamin. The deficiency may result from either suboptimal vitamin intake or conditions that prevent the vitamin's use or absorption in the body. Representative examples include beriberi caused by thiamine deficiency, scurvy caused by vitamin C deficiency, and rickets caused by vitamin D deficiency.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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