ZINC DEFICIENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zinc deficiency mean? 

• ZINC DEFICIENCY (noun)
  The noun ZINC DEFICIENCY has 1 sense:

1. a deficiency caused by inadequate zinc in the diet or by liver disease or cystic fibrosis or other diseases

  Familiarity information: ZINC DEFICIENCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZINC DEFICIENCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A deficiency caused by inadequate zinc in the diet or by liver disease or cystic fibrosis or other diseases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("zinc deficiency" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Furthermore, zinc deficiency does not necessarily imply a dietary deficiency—and could result instead from problems with absorption in the gut, for example.

(Zinc Deficiency during Pregnancy Linked to Autism in Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The scientists estimated that roughly 150 million people might be at risk of protein or zinc deficiency by 2050.

(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)

That's how an experimental malnutrition test made with bacterial innards could work one day to expose widespread zinc deficiencies blamed for roughly half a million deaths annually.

(Test for life-threatening nutrient deficit is made from bacteria entrails, National Science Foundation)

The emergence of autism in children has not only been linked to genes encoding synaptic proteins—among others—but also environmental insults such as zinc deficiency.

(Zinc Deficiency during Pregnancy Linked to Autism in Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Although it is unclear whether zinc deficiency contributes to autism, scientists have now defined in detail a possible mechanistic link.

(Zinc Deficiency during Pregnancy Linked to Autism in Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)