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Encyclopedia > 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. Avitaminoses include


Conversely hypervitaminosis is the syndrome of symptoms caused by over-retention of fat-soluble vitamins in the body.


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avitaminosis – Dictionary Definition of avitaminosis | Encyclopedia.com: FREE Online Dictionary (1000 words)
avitaminosis The absence of a vitamin; may be used specifically, as, for example, avitaminosis A, or generally, to mean a vitamin deficiency disease.
Alternative complement activity and resistance to heat stress in golden shiners (Notemigonus crysoleucas) are increased by dietary vitamin C levels in excess of requirements for prevention of deficiency signs1
was typified by tropical heat, a starvation diet, malaria, dysentery, dengue fever, tropical ulcers, scrub typhus, severe avitaminosis and starvation oedema, intensified by annual outbreaks of cholera and frequent diphtheria.
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