n. 脚气病

[医] 脚气[病]

[ noun ]
avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)
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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.

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.