nutrient deficiency
Americannoun
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Malnutrition or nutrient deficiency cases at both the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust in Surrey fell between 2020/21 and 24/25.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
With its high pressure, darkness and nutrient deficiency, the deep sea is generally not a hospitable place.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024
We must enact these food programs before the beta cells of millions more people stop producing adequate insulin because of nutrient deficiency.
From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2023
The public was encouraged to eat more vitamin-fortified, processed foods to prevent nutrient deficiency diseases like scurvy, which is caused by a severe vitamin C deficit, or rickets, caused by prolonged vitamin D deficiency.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2023
An alternate explanation for the delay in tooth replacement is that the animals were suffering from malnutrition or nutrient deficiency.
From Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota by Frenzel, L. D.
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