mineral deficiency

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   lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism

   Broaderlack

   Narrowersideropenia

Questions about mineral deficiency

What does mineral deficiency mean?

mineral deficiency means "lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism".

Is mineral deficiency a common word?

mineral deficiency 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.