Hypovitaminosis is insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins. This term should not be confused with `avitaminosis`. ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypovitaminosis
Type: Term Pronunciation: hī′pō-vī′tă-min-ō′sis Definitions: 1. A nutritional deficiency state characterized by relative insufficiency of one or more vitamins in the diet; manifested first by depletion of tissue levels, then by functional changes, and finally by appearance of morphologic lesions. Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=43128
hypovitaminosis, paravitaminosis, vitanition 1. A physical disorder resulting from nonspecific vitamin deficiency. 2. A condition due to a deficiency of one or more essential vitamins. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1020/13