Deficiency disease
- Pronunciation
- /de-fi-shen-see dis-eez/
- Category
- Health
- Singular
- Deficiency disease
- Plural
- Deficiency diseases
Definition
A disease caused by a lack of essential nutrients in the diet.
Etymology
From Latin 'deficere', meaning 'to be lacking' and 'morbus', meaning 'disease'.
Example
Scurvy is a deficiency disease caused by a lack of vitamin C.
Related Terms
- Nutrition
- Malnutrition
- Vitamin