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BERIBERI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does beriberi mean?
• BERIBERI (noun)
The noun BERIBERI has 1 sense:
1. avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)
Familiarity information: BERIBERI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("beriberi" is a kind of...):
avitaminosis; hypovitaminosis (any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beriberi"):
kakke disease (the endemic form of beriberi)
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