Definitions for vitamin d deficiency
vi·ta·min d de·fi·cien·cy

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1. Vitamin D Deficiency

   A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN D in the diet, insufficient production of vitamin D in the skin, inadequate absorption of vitamin D from the diet, or abnormal conversion of vitamin D to its bioactive metabolites. It is manifested clinically as RICKETS in children and OSTEOMALACIA in adults. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1406)

How to pronounce vitamin d deficiency?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vitamin d deficiency in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vitamin d deficiency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of vitamin d deficiency in a Sentence

1. Simon Mays:

   Our study shows that vitamin D deficiency is far from being a new problem -- even 2,000 years ago people, especially babies, were at risk.

2. Simon Mays:

   Being indoors away from sunshine was probably a key factor, infant care practices that were innocuous in a Mediterranean climate may have been enough to tip babies into vitamin D deficiency under cloudy northern skies.

3. Carole Baggerly:

   Nearly 40 percent to 75 percent of the world's population is vitamin D deficient, the deficiency and disease that follow do not need to exist. GrassrootsHealth was founded to eradicate the vitamin D deficiency epidemic.