Meanings
plural avitaminoses
- uncountableusuallyAny 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
- Englisha-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Italic*gʷītā
- Latinvīta
- Egyptianjmn
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
- LatinAmmōn
- Latinammoniacus
- Englishammonia
- Englishamine
- Englishvitamine
- Englishvitamin
- Englishavitaminosis
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 維生素缺乏症 /维生素缺乏症
- 維生素缺乏症 /维生素缺乏症 (wéishēngsù quēfázhèng)vitamin deficiency
Czech avitaminóza
- avitaminózavitamin deficiency
Dutch avitaminose
- avitaminosevitamin deficiency
Finnish avitaminoosi, vitamiinin puutos
- avitaminoosivitamin deficiency
- vitamiinin puutosvitamin deficiency
French avitaminose
- avitaminosevitamin deficiency
German Avitaminose
- Avitaminosevitamin deficiency
Greek αβιταμίνωση
- αβιταμίνωση (avitamínosi)vitamin deficiency
Hungarian vitaminhiány
- vitaminhiányvitamin deficiency
Indonesian avitaminosis
- avitaminosisvitamin deficiency
Japanese ビタミン欠乏症
- ビタミン欠乏症 (bitamin ketsubōshō)vitamin deficiency
Polish awitaminoza
- awitaminozavitamin deficiency
Russian авитаминоз
- авитаминоз (avitaminoz)vitamin deficiency
Spanish avitaminosis
- avitaminosisvitamin deficiency
Turkish vitaminsizlik
- vitaminsizlikvitamin deficiency
Ukrainian авітаміноз
- авітаміноз (avitaminoz)vitamin deficiency
Cite this entry
avitaminosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avitaminosis
“avitaminosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avitaminosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “avitaminosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avitaminosis.
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