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avitaminosis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any disease which is caused by vitamin deficiency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hypovitaminosis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: malnutrition

Narrower terms: beriberi, pellagra, Alpine scurvy, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, maidism, mayidism, Saint Ignatius' itch, rickets, rachitis, scurvy, scorbutus, nyctalopia, night blindness, moon blindness

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English vitamin Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English avitaminosis From a- + vitamin + -osis.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: avitaminoz — vitamin deficiency
  • Belarusian: авітаміноз (avitaminóz) — vitamin deficiency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維生素缺乏症 /维生素缺乏症 (wéishēngsù quēfázhèng) — vitamin deficiency
  • Czech: avitaminóza — vitamin deficiency
  • Dutch: avitaminose — vitamin deficiency
  • French: avitaminose — vitamin deficiency
  • German: Avitaminose — vitamin deficiency
  • Greek: αβιταμίνωση (avitamínosi) — vitamin deficiency
  • Hungarian: vitaminhiány — vitamin deficiency
  • Indonesian: avitaminosis — vitamin deficiency
  • Japanese: ビタミン欠乏症 (bitamin ketsubōshō) — vitamin deficiency
  • Kazakh: адәруменділік (adärumendılık) — vitamin deficiency
  • Macedonian: авитамино́за (avitaminóza) — vitamin deficiency
  • Polish: awitaminoza — vitamin deficiency
  • Russian: авитаминоз (avitaminoz) — vitamin deficiency
  • Serbo-Croatian: авитамино́за — vitamin deficiency
  • Serbo-Croatian: avitaminóza — vitamin deficiency
  • Spanish: avitaminosis — vitamin deficiency
  • Turkish: vitaminsizlik — vitamin deficiency
  • Ukrainian: авітаміноз (avitaminoz) — vitamin deficiency