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hypovitaminosis

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

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noun

Meaning 1

vitamin deficiency: insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body. Specific forms are labeled with the vitamin identifier: hypovitaminosis A, hypovitaminosis D, and so on, although those forms are more often called vitamin A deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, and so on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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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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Synonyms: avitaminosis

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

From hypo- + vitamin + -osis.