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vitamin deficiency

Meaning of "vitamin deficiency" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF VITAMIN DEFICIENCY

ˈvɪtəmɪn dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VITAMIN DEFICIENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vitamin deficiency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VITAMIN DEFICIENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Avitaminosis

Avitaminosis is any disease caused by chronic or long-term vitamin deficiency or caused by a defect in metabolic conversion, such as tryptophan to niacin. They are designated by the same letter as the vitamin. Conversely hypervitaminosis is the syndrome of symptoms caused by over-retention of fat-soluble vitamins in the body.

Definition of vitamin deficiency in the English dictionary

The definition of vitamin deficiency in the dictionary is a lack of a vitamin or vitamins needed for good health.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VITAMIN DEFICIENCY

agency · cecutiency · currency · deficiency · dissentiency · efficiency · emergency · frequency · immunodeficiency · inefficiency · insufficiency · physiciancy · potency · pregnancy · proficiency · self-sufficiency · sentiency · sufficiency · superefficiency · trenchancy

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VITAMIN DEFICIENCY

vitamin B complex · vitamin B1 · vitamin B12 · vitamin B2 · vitamin B6 · vitamin C · vitamin D · vitamin D1 · vitamin D2 · vitamin D3 · vitamin deficiency disease · vitamin E · vitamin G · vitamin H · vitamin K · vitamin K1 · vitamin K2 · vitamin K3 · vitamin P · vitamin pill

WORDS THAT END LIKE VITAMIN DEFICIENCY

adrenal insufficiency · conveniency · current efficiency · energy efficiency · enzyme deficiency · expediency · fuel efficiency · heat efficiency · immune deficiency · leniency · luminous efficiency · mental deficiency · parturiency · protein deficiency · quantum efficiency · resiliency · saliency · tendency · thermal efficiency · transiency · volumetric efficiency

Synonyms and antonyms of vitamin deficiency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «vitamin deficiency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VITAMIN DEFICIENCY

Find out the translation of vitamin deficiency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of vitamin deficiency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vitamin deficiency» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

维生素缺乏症
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

deficiencia de vitamina
570 millions of speakers
en

English

vitamin deficiency
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

विटामिन की कमी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نقص فيتامين
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

авитаминоз
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

deficiência de vitamina
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ভিটামিন-এর অভাব
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

la carence en vitamine
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kekurangan vitamin
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Vitaminmangel
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ビタミン欠乏症
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

비타민 결핍
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kurang vitamin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiếu vitamin
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வைட்டமின் குறைபாடு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

जीवनसत्व कमतरता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Vitamin eksikliği
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

carenza di vitamina
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

niedobór witaminy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

авітаміноз
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

deficit de vitamina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανεπάρκεια βιταμίνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vitamien tekort
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vitaminbrist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vitaminmangel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vitamin deficiency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VITAMIN DEFICIENCY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vitamin deficiency

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VITAMIN DEFICIENCY»

Discover the use of vitamin deficiency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vitamin deficiency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology and Hepatology Board Review
Stephen C. Hauser, Darrell S. Pardi, John J. Poterucha. Folic Acid There are many dietary sources of folate, including green leafy vegetables, grains, orange juice, and organ meats. Hydrolysis of dietary folylpolyglutamates is followed by active ...
Stephen C. Hauser, Darrell S. Pardi, John J. Poterucha, 2005
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Professional Guide to Diseases
Because vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin, deficiency develops in conditions associated with fat malabsorption, such as kwashiorkor, celiac disease, or cystic fibrosis. These conditions may induce megaloblastic or hemolytic anemia and ...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009
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Culture, Environment and Food to Prevent Vitamin A Deficiency
None of them had any basic knowledge about nutrition and vitamin deficiency. One school-aged girl said that she dislikes hot peppers, peanuts, and liver. Her parents and the village doctors encouraged her to eat more pig or goat liver, but ...
Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Gretel H. Pelto, 1997
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The Vitamins
What Is Meant by the Term Vitamin Deficiency? Because the gross functional and morphological changes caused by deprivation of the vitamins were the source of their discovery as important nutrients, these signs have become the focus of ...
Gerald F. Combs, Jr., 2007
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Vitamin A Deficiency: Health, Survival, and Vision
150. Cramer W, Kingsbury AN. Local and general defences against infections, and the effect on them of vitamin-deficiency. Br J Exp Pathol 1924:5:300-304. 151 . Mori S. Primary changes in eyes of rats which result from deficiency of fat- soluble ...
Alfred Sommer, Keith P. West, 1996
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Biology of Vitamin E
When considering any vitamin, 'deficiency' probably means something different from insufficiency. Kayden: One assays for vitamin E in animals by measuring red cell fragility, because this technique is sensitive and does not involve killing the ...
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
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Cholestatic Liver Disease
VITAMIN DEFICIENCY 4.1. Prevalence Patients with cholestatic liver disease rarely present with symptoms of vitamin deficiencies. However, in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of UDCA in 180 patients with PBC at ...
Keith D. Lindor, Jayant A. Talwalkar, 2010
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Pediatric Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Vitamin Deficiency Vitamins have many relevant functions: vitamins A and C increase immune responses, vitamin E increases both humoral and cell- mediated types of immunity if present in abundant quantities in the diet, and B6 increases the ...
Arnaldo Cantani, 2008
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Nutrition in Pediatrics: Basic Science and Clinical Application
The etiology of many of the vitamin and mineral deficiencies is not discussed in detail as this information is provided elsewhere in this book VITAMIN DEFICIENCY ANEMIAS VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY Chronic deprivation of vitamin A results in ...
W. Allan Walker, Christopher Duggan (MD.), John B. Watkins, 2003
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Nutrition for Sport and Exercise
The progression through the mild- and moderate-deficiency stages is difficult to monitor and recognize. step in determining a potential vitamin deficiency is an assessment of usual vitamin intake from food. Developing subclinical deficiencies.
Marie Dunford, J. Doyle, 2014

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VITAMIN DEFICIENCY»

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Vitamin Deficiency Linked to Weight Gain and Obesity
According to research from scientists at the University of Queensland presented in the Journal of Nutrition, certain vitamin deficiencies are linked to weight gain ... «Care2.com, Jun 15»
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A Common Vitamin Deficiency May Raise Your Diabetes Risk More …
While previous research – including one study published in Diabetes Care – has suggested a link between vitamin D deficiency and diabetes, many experts ... «U.S. News & World Report, Feb 15»
3
Trout In Salmon River Dying From Vitamin Deficiency
For humans, the result of a deficiency in vitamin B is that they become easily exhausted. Sometimes, they may even have trouble breathing. For fish migrating ... «The Inquisitr, Jan 15»
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