ariboflavinosisn.
/əˌrʌɪbəʊfleɪvɪˈnəʊsɪs/ Pathology.
Deficiency of riboflavin; the condition resulting from such a deficiency.
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deficiency disease1912
avitaminosis1914
hypovitaminosis1923
ariboflavinosis1939
1939 J. W. Oden et al. in Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 54 792 The ease with which these cases were found..leads us to believe that ariboflavinosis is, in all probability, a common dietary-deficiency disease in the southern United States.
1942 Ann. Reg. 1941 344 Important advances in vitamin research included..descriptions..of symptoms of human ariboflavinosis.
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