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defi′ciency disease′, [Pathol.]
  1. Pathologyany illness associated with an insufficient supply of one or more essential dietary constituents.
  • 1910–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
deficiency disease
  1. any condition, such as pellagra, beriberi, or scurvy, produced by a lack of vitamins or other essential substances
    Compare avitaminosis
  2. any disease caused by lack of essential minerals
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