Hypovitaminosis

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  • noun. insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins
    • Word Usage
    "Depression has significant co-morbidity with illnesses associated with hypovitaminosis D such as osteoporosis, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    malnutrition  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    alpine scurvy  beriberi  maidism  mal de la rosa  mal rosso  
    suggests
    hypervitaminosis  
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