nutrient deficiencies
Lacking essential substances
Nutrient deficiencies are conditions where the body lacks adequate amounts of essential vitamins, minerals, or other nutrients.
Iron deficiency causes anemia; vitamin D deficiency weakens bones.
The plural form typically appears in medical and nutritional contexts: Blood tests revealed multiple nutrient deficiencies.
A single lacking nutrient is a nutrient deficiency.
- poor dietInadequate or harmful eating
- empty caloriesEnergy lacking nutrients
- scurvyVitamin C deficiency disease
- osteoporosisDisease weakening skeletal structure
- ricketsNutritional bone-weakening illness
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