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beriberi

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ber=i=ber=i

CIDE DICTIONARY

beriberin. [Singhalese beri weakness.].
     An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

beriberi, n. a disease causing inflammation of the nerves due to a deficiency of vitamin B1..

Etymology
Sinh., f. beri weakness

THESAURUS

beriberi

Lombardy leprosy, anemia, ariboflavinosis, cachexia, chlorosis, deficiency anemia, dermatitis, goiter, greensickness, keratomalacia, kwashiorkor, maidism, malnutrition, night blindness, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, pellagra, pernicious anemia, protein deficiency, rachitis, rickets, scurvy, struma, vitamin deficiency, xerophthalmia

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