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Webster 1913 Edition
Beriberi
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Beˊri-be′ri
,Noun.
[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.
Definition 2024
beriberi
beriberi
English
Alternative forms
Noun
beriberi (usually uncountable, plural beriberis)
- (pathology) An ailment caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), leading to lethargy and organ complications.
Synonyms
- endemic neuritis
- kakke
Derived terms
- dry beriberi
- wet beriberi
Translations
pathology: ailment caused by deficiency of vitamin B
See also
- athlete's foot
- malnutrition
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Finnish
Alternative forms
- beri-beri (archaic)
Noun
beriberi
Declension
| Inflection of beriberi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | beriberi | — | |
| genitive | beriberin | — | |
| partitive | beriberiä | — | |
| illative | beriberiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | beriberi | — | |
| accusative | nom. | beriberi | — |
| gen. | beriberin | ||
| genitive | beriberin | — | |
| partitive | beriberiä | — | |
| inessive | beriberissä | — | |
| elative | beriberistä | — | |
| illative | beriberiin | — | |
| adessive | beriberillä | — | |
| ablative | beriberiltä | — | |
| allative | beriberille | — | |
| essive | beriberinä | — | |
| translative | beriberiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | beriberittä | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |