beriberi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An ailment caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), leading to lethargy and organ complications.

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-beriberi.wav

beriberi beriberis beri-beri

Possibly borrowed from Sinhalese phrase බැරි බැරි (bæri bæri, “I cannot, I cannot”) due to weakness.

endemic neuritis kakke

athlete's foot malnutrition

aberic acid antiberiberi antiberiberin beriberic beriberoid dry beriberi wet beriberi

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on B Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary