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Beriberi

British pronunciation/bˌɛɹɪbˈɛɹi/
American pronunciation/bˌɛɹɪbˈɛɹi/
Beriberi
[NOUN]
1

avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)

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1I also don't have, for the record, no Beriberi, no scurvy, no Legionnaires' disease.
2If you don't eat them, you'll get scurvy, beriberi rickets - you'll go blind.
3so it's enough to not get beriberi
4For example, the disease beriberi, which is caused by a lack of thiamine, was first described by Western physicians in the mid-1600s.
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