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hypovitaminosis

noun

vitamin deficiency: insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body. Specific forms are labeled with the vitamin identifier: hypovitaminosis A, hypovitaminosis D, and so on, although those forms are more often called vitamin A deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, and so on.

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hypervitaminosis

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nounhypovitaminosis (countable and uncountable, plural hypovitaminoses)

plural hypovitaminoses

countableuncountablebiologyvitamin deficiency: insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body. Specific forms are labeled with the vitamin identifier: hypovitaminosis A, hypovitaminosis D, and so on, although those forms are more often called vitamin A deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, and so on.

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hypervitaminosis

nounany of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins

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Origin

From hypo- + vitamin + -osis.

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APA

hypovitaminosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypovitaminosis

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“hypovitaminosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypovitaminosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypovitaminosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypovitaminosis.

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