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MeSH Heading: Avitaminosis
Tree Number(s): C18.654.521.500.133
Unique ID: D001361
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001361
Annotation: includes hypovitaminosis; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; avitaminosis A equals VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY, etc.
Scope Note: A condition due to a deficiency of one or more essential vitamins. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Entry Term(s): Deficiency, Vitamin; Vitamin Deficiency
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Avitaminosis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025