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deficiency disease
1. Med any condition, such as pellagra, beriberi, or scurvy, produced by a lack of vitamins or other essential substances
2. Botany any disease caused by lack of essential minerals

deficiency disease [də′fish·ən·sē di‚zēz]
(medicine)
Any disease resulting from a dietary deficiency of minerals, vitamins, or essential nutrients.


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In order to wipe out deficiency diseases, fortified foods were developed.
Anemia is one of the common dietary deficiency diseases in which the blood is deficient in the body.
Since cost-effective commercial dog food became more and more nourishing, most of these deficiency diseases gradually disappeared.
 
 
 
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