deficiency disease

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   any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral)

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Questions about deficiency disease

What does deficiency disease mean?

deficiency disease means "any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral)".

Is deficiency disease a common word?

deficiency disease is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.