| 单词 | deficiency disease |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeficiency disease deficiency disease n. a disease caused by the lack of an essential or important substance in the diet; usually = avitaminosis n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [noun] > vitamin deficiency deficiency disease1912 avitaminosis1914 hypovitaminosis1923 ariboflavinosis1939 1912 C. Funk in Jrnl. State Med. 20 341 (title) The etiology of deficiency diseases. 1914 Lancet 15 Aug. 460/1 If pellagra is a deficiency disease its relation to maize is similar to that of beri-beri to rice. 1933 Discovery July 234/1 The relief of deficiency diseases by the ever-increasing number of vitamins. 1968 M. Pyke Food & Society ii. 17 Expensive multivitamin tablets protect the well-fed people who can afford them against deficiency diseases they will never experience. < as lemmas |
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