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Definition of beriberi in English: beriberinounˌbɛrɪˈbɛriˌbɛriˈbɛri mass nounA disease causing inflammation of the nerves and heart failure, ascribed to a deficiency of vitamin B₁. Example sentencesExamples - When they examined the explorers' journals, they found recorded a classic progression of the symptoms of thiamine deficiency, or the disease known as beriberi.
- His body was ridden with disease - beriberi, dysentery and scurvy - and his doctor's prognosis was grim.
- The troops suffered from malaria, dengue fever, beriberi, hookworm and pellagra.
- Diseases such as beriberi and malaria have become more common as problems with sanitation have increased.
- This was determined to be one of the vitamins that prevented beriberi, a deficiency disease marked by inflammatory or degenerative changes of the nerves, digestive system and heart.
Origin Early 18th century: from Sinhalese, from beri 'weakness'. Rhymes berry, BlackBerry, bury, Ceri, Derry, ferry, Gerry, jerry, Kerry, merry, perry, Pondicherry, sherry, terry, very, wherry, wolfberry Definition of beriberi in US English: beriberinounˌbɛriˈbɛriˌberēˈberē A disease causing inflammation of the nerves and heart failure, caused by a deficiency of vitamin B₁. Example sentencesExamples - His body was ridden with disease - beriberi, dysentery and scurvy - and his doctor's prognosis was grim.
- The troops suffered from malaria, dengue fever, beriberi, hookworm and pellagra.
- When they examined the explorers' journals, they found recorded a classic progression of the symptoms of thiamine deficiency, or the disease known as beriberi.
- Diseases such as beriberi and malaria have become more common as problems with sanitation have increased.
- This was determined to be one of the vitamins that prevented beriberi, a deficiency disease marked by inflammatory or degenerative changes of the nerves, digestive system and heart.
Origin Early 18th century: from Sinhalese, from beri ‘weakness’. |