thiamin deficiency (thīˑ·
·min d·fiˑ·shn·sē),
thiamin deficiency
·min d·fiˑ·shn·sē),n insufficient levels of thiamin in the body to support functioning, which causes beriberi.
thiamin deficiency
Beri-beri Nutrition A vitamin deficiency characterized by malnutrition, softened bones, depression, due to an absence of dietary thiamin; the clinical disease is divided into 'wet' beri-beri, which causes CHF
and 'dry' beri-beri, which causes neurologic disease in the form of peripheral neuropathy and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. See Thiamin.
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