vitamin deficiency

collocation in English

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vitamin
noun[C]
uk
/ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/us
/ˈvaɪ.t̬ə-/
any of a group of natural substances that are necessary in small amounts for the growth and good health of ...
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deficiency
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/us
/dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
a state of not having, or not having enough, of something that ...
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(Definition ofvitaminanddeficiencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The aetiology is unknown but suggested causes are bacterial, viral or parasitic infection,vitamindeficiencyor food toxins.
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The platelet count recovers rapidly when the underlyingvitamindeficiencyis corrected.
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Nutritional deficiencies and chronic alcoholism, which leads tovitamindeficiencysyndromes, can also result in peripheral neuropathy.
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Wilson suffered many of the conditions endured on early exploration:vitamindeficiency, hypothermia, altitude problems, malnutrition and dehydration.
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Peripheral neuropathy may be caused by toxicity andvitamindeficiencyand may be mild and peripheral or a severe incapacitating sensorimotor neuropathy.
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In the management of potentialvitamindeficiencydoctors can prescribe a variety of preparations to pregnant women, who are all eligible for free prescriptions.
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Whenvitamindeficiencyleading to malnutrition occurs in this group, it is almost invariably associated with clinical disease or conditions such as depression following bereavement.
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I am advised that for its usual use in the treatment ofvitamindeficiency, 50 milligram tablets of niacinamide are convenient.
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There is no evidence to support the suggestion that naval ratings suffer from diseases in whichvitamindeficiencyplays an important part.
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Only forvitamindeficiencydiseases is there any exact relationship between disease and diet.
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Malnutrition in pregnancy causes high mortality rates and, by increasing the chances ofvitamindeficiency, leads to disabilities.
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It may be measles, it may be illness, but it nearly always is avitamindeficiency.
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Other disabilities arise out of malnutrition, for example blindness, andvitamindeficiency.
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It is many years since we realised that scurvy was a question ofvitamindeficiencyand largely associated with the provision of fresh fruit or vegetables.
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We must not mislead ourselves by thinking that welfare foods alone have been responsible for the disappearance ofvitamindeficiencydiseases during the last twenty years.
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People who eat a varied diet are unlikely to develop a severe primaryvitamindeficiency.
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Though nutritional yeast usually refers to commercial products, inadequately fed prisoners of war have used home-grown yeast to preventvitamindeficiency.
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As a result of these studies, it was determined that pellagra was caused by avitamindeficiency.
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Vitamindeficiencyis a common result of starvation, often leading to anemia, beriberi, pellagra, and scurvy.
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A better diet could have helped prevent the onset or spread of disease, including scurvy, which resulted from a knownvitamindeficiency.
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