vitamin deficiency disorder
MONDO:0024298Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names vitamin deficiency disorder yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A disorder that is caused by the deficiency of a vitamin. The deficiency may result from either suboptimal vitamin intake or conditions that prevent the vitamin's use or absorption in the body. Representative examples include beriberi caused by thiamine deficiency, scurvy caused by vitamin C deficiency, and rickets caused by vitamin D deficiency.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0024298), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: vitamin deficiency disorder
- Also called
- avitaminosisvitamin deficiency