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vitaminosis

vitaminosis noun: any disease caused by the presence of (excess) vitamins.

Noun

vitaminosis (plural vitaminoses)

  1. Any disease caused by the presence of (excess) vitamins
    • The definitions of hypo vitaminosis or hyper vitaminosis are more controversial.2015 August 19, Dylan T. Dahlquist, Brad P. Dieter, Michael S. Koehle, “Plausible ergogenic effects of vitamin D on athletic performance and recovery”, in Journal of the International Society of...

Forms of vitaminosis

pluralvitaminoses

Origin of vitaminosis

From vitamin + -osis.

Questions about vitaminosis

What does vitaminosis mean?
Vitaminosis means any disease caused by the presence of (excess) vitamins.
What part of speech is vitaminosis?
Vitaminosis is a noun.
What is the plural of vitaminosis?
The plural of vitaminosis is vitaminoses.

Words near vitaminosis in the dictionary

  1. vitaminless
  2. vitaminlike
  3. vitaminological
  4. vitaminology
  5. vitaminoses
  6. vitaminosis
  7. vitamins
  8. vitamise
  9. vitamiser
  10. vitamisers
  11. vitamizer

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