avitaminosis
avitaminosis noun: any disease which is caused by vitamin deficiency.
Noun
avitaminosis (usually uncountable, plural avitaminoses)
- Any disease which is caused by vitamin deficiency.
- Watching him, Dorrigo Evans wondered if it was avitaminosis or the combined damage of several maladies that had done this—whatever the cause, he was painfully aware that food would cure this and almost all of the afflictions he saw.2013, Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Chatto & Windus (2014), page 45
avitaminosis meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
avitaminosis in Tamil
- உயிர்ச்சத்து இல்லாமை, உயிர்ச் சத்தின்மை, உயிர்ச்சத்துக்குறை நோய்
avitaminosis in Indonesian
- vitamin deficiency
- avitaminosis
Forms of avitaminosis
| plural | avitaminoses |
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Origin of avitaminosis
From a- + vitamin + -osis.
Questions about avitaminosis
- What does avitaminosis mean?
- Avitaminosis means any disease which is caused by vitamin deficiency.
- What is avitaminosis in Tamil?
- Avitaminosis in Tamil is உயிர்ச்சத்து இல்லாமை, உயிர்ச் சத்தின்மை, உயிர்ச்சத்துக்குறை நோய். See Avitaminosis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is avitaminosis?
- Avitaminosis is a noun.
- What is the plural of avitaminosis?
- The plural of avitaminosis is avitaminoses.
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