Beriberi

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barbiers \Bar"biers\, n. (Med.)
     A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar
     coast; -- considered by many to be the same as {beriberi} in
     a chronic form.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Beriberi \Be`ri*be"ri\, n. [Singhalese beri weakness.]
     An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by
     multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great
     muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and
     cachexy.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  beriberi
       n : avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "beriberi":
     Lombardy leprosy, anemia, ariboflavinosis, cachexia, chlorosis,
     deficiency anemia, dermatitis, goiter, greensickness,
     keratomalacia, kwashiorkor, maidism, malnutrition, night blindness,
     osteomalacia, osteoporosis, pellagra, pernicious anemia,
     protein deficiency, rachitis, rickets, scurvy, struma,
     vitamin deficiency, xerophthalmia