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avitaminosis en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English vitamin Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English avitaminosis From a- + vitamin + -osis.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) 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:

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Translations (22)

es avitaminosis (vitamin deficiency) · el αβιταμίνωση (vitamin deficiency) · tr vitaminsizlik (vitamin deficiency) · uk авітаміноз (vitamin deficiency) · be авітаміноз (vitamin deficiency) · sh авитамино́за (vitamin deficiency) · ja ビタミン欠乏症 (vitamin deficiency) · ru авитаминоз (vitamin deficiency) · nl avitaminose (vitamin deficiency) · de Avitaminose (vitamin deficiency) · pl awitaminoza (vitamin deficiency) · hu vitaminhiány (vitamin deficiency) · sh avitaminóza (vitamin deficiency) · az avitaminoz (vitamin deficiency) · fr avitaminose (vitamin deficiency) · mk авитамино́за (vitamin deficiency) · kk адәруменділік (vitamin deficiency) · cs avitaminóza (vitamin deficiency) · id avitaminosis (vitamin deficiency) · cmn 維生素缺乏症 /维生素缺乏症 (vitamin deficiency) · fi vitamiinin puutos (vitamin deficiency) · fi avitaminoosi (vitamin deficiency)