avitaminosisn.
/əˌvʌɪtəmɪˈnəʊsɪs//eɪˌvʌɪtəmɪˈnəʊsɪs//əˌvɪtəmɪˈnəʊsɪs//eɪˌvɪtəmɪˈnəʊsɪs/ A condition resulting from a deficiency of one or more vitamins. Also used spec. (avitaminosis A, B, etc.): deficiency of the vitamin specified. Cf. deficiency n. disease.
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deficiency disease1912
avitaminosis1914
hypovitaminosis1923
ariboflavinosis1939
1914 Lancet 9 May 1328/2 The author [sc. C. Funk] states that this publication [sc. Die Vitamine] is the first attempt at a representation of our knowledge about vitamines and avitaminoses... By the word avitaminoses, coined by the author, is understood what is called in English ‘deficiency diseases’.
1923 Nature 26 May 728/1 Contribution to the study of B avitaminosis in the pigeon.
1931 Lancet 14 Mar. 624/1 (title) A Multiple Avitaminosis. A disease which is claimed to be a multiple food deficiency.
1931 Lancet 14 Mar. 624/2 Multiple partial avitaminoses..are probably all too common among native races the world over and are the abundant fruit of poverty.
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